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Microfiche 
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Collection  de 
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The  Instituta  hat  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  bast  original 
copy  availabla  for  f ilming.  Faaturas  of  this  cbpy  which 
may  ba,  bibliographically  uniqua^which  may  altar  any 
of  tha  jtlnagas  in  tha  raproduction,  or  which  may 
significantly  change  tha  usual  method  of  f  ilming.  ara 
checkad  balow. 


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Coloured  covars/ 
Couverture  da  couleur , 

Covers  damagad/ 
Couverture  endommagée 

Covars  restored  artd/or  laminatad/ 
Couverture  restaurée  et/ou  palliculée 

Covar  title  missing/ 

Le  titre  de  couverture  manqua 


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L'Institut  a  microfilmé  la  meilleur  exemplaire  qu'il 
lui  a  été  possible  de  sa  procurer.  Les  détails  da  cet 
exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-être  uniques  du  point  de  vue 
Mbiiographiqua.  qui  pauvant  {nodif iar  une  image  - . 
'  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une  modification 
dam  la  méthode  normale  da  f  ibrtaga  sont  indiqués 
ei-dessousK 

□  Coloured  pages/ 
Pages  de  couleur 

□  Pages  damagad/    ° 
Pages  endÔAnmagéas 

□  Pages  rastorad  and/or  laminatad/ 
Pages  restaurées  ,at/ou  palliculées    * 


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discolourad.  stainad  or  foxad/ 
Pages  décolorées,  tachetées  ou  piquées 


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Coloured  maps/ 

Cartes  géographiques  en  couleur 


□  Colou^  Ink  (i.a.  other  than  Mue  or  Mack)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 


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Coloured  plates  and/pr  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  materilf/  ^ 

Relié  avec  d'autre|,  documents 

Tight  binding  may  causa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  intarior  margin/  ^ 

La  reliure  serrée  peut  causer  de  l'ombre  ou  de  la 
distorsion  le  long  de  la  marge  intérieure  a 

Blank  leaves  addad  during  restoration  hfiay  appaar 
within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  thèse  hâve 
baen  omitted  from  filming/ 
Il  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  afoutéas 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  était  pouible.  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  été  filmées. 


Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  supplémentaires: 


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This  item  is  filmed  at  the  t^dutflifli  ratio  chacked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmé  aii  taux  de  réduction  indiqué  ci-dessous. 

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Pages  détachées 

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Transparence 


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Quality^of  print  varias/ 
Qualité  inégale  de  l'impression 


I        I  Contiftuous  pagination/ 


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Pagination  continue 

Includes  index(es)/ 
CoiÀprend  un  (des)  index 

title  on  header  takan  from:  / 

be  titre  de  l'en-tête  provient: 

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Title  page  of  issue/ 

Page  die  titre  de  la  livraison 


□  Caption  of  issue/ 
Titre  de  départ  de  la  livraison 


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Générique  (périodiques)  de  la  livraison 


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Th«  copy  ffilmed  hère  hi^  beçn,  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  çenérosity  of  : 

(       National  Library  of  Canada 


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.L'exemplaire  filmé  fut  reproduit  grfice  à  ^ 
générosité  de:  '^ 


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Bibliothèque  nationale  du  Canada 


The  images  appearing  hère  are  the  beat  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  In  keeping  with  the 
fllming  contract  spécifications. 


Original  copies  In  printed  paper  çovers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  ofi 
the  last  page  With  a  printed  or  lllustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  baclç  cover  when  appropriate.  Ali 
pther  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
iirst  page  with  a  printed  or  lllustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  prfnted 
or  lllustrated  Impression. 


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Les  images  suivantes  jant  été  reproduites  ^vec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  netteté  de  l'exemplaire  filmé,  et  en 
conformité  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture-en 
papier  est  imprimée  sont  filmés  en  commençant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernière  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmés  en  commençant  par  la 
première  p&ge  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernière  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte.  ."' 


The  last  recorded  frartie  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — »-  (meaning  "CONr 
TINUED"),  or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaîtra  sui^  la 
dernière  imagé  de  chaque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  —^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc..  may  be  filmed  et 
différent  réduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  In  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  f  rames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  être 
filmés  à  Bes  taux  de  réduction  différents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  être 
^.reproduit  en  un  seul  cliché.  Il  est  fUmé  à  partir 
de  l'angle  supérieur  gauche,  de  ^|^che  à  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  nécessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  méthode. 


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"CONTEN^^-   •  .  ,.^, 

I.  Hagdalea ; i.,:„.        '-p^^^^^Mm 

n.  The  Dead  Sister'g  Lettor u * . . , ^. . .  * 

m.  1&;  George Baratone. ...:... .....1.  *« 

IV.  JThe  Vark  on  Mami<yi  Éjtaglef^  i^  •  •  •  v  •  •  • 

'     V^âolâen  WiUow. ; ^ 

VI.  Sonuner  Days ^^..TT.i  ' 

va  Mif.BarttoBelYOlBitLov»,, .V. *    ^' 

Vm.  Hr.Bantoiie'Propàaef..i^. ^.^^^       •••••••• 

XX.  Toldin  thelHdlight...! , 

x.^gaged ....:^^  ^^:.:, ^ 

aIL  Ua«dalea*«  WedfUng Day ..,....:,.  -  * 

Xllt  AttheOpem,...:!, .......! ^ 

SprV'.  The  Mark  OB  Qeorge's  Am .....i. 

XV.  "Ctariieawithth6Cuwo«anAooo«niatalilI^ 

XVI,  Unpleaaant  fora  Bride«rooBk .«« 

atViLTfieFinitMov». ....... "  

^^.  ^''Woli;DootorPUUpdoesiii»dwty..."...*.*.*.*.\^^     15^\ 

''««ny^.OoodïVwtttn©.... .../.:.......;    MO 

IPrt  îitjlJiàyrOdo^,  Gi>  on  **..... 7.  :;.;../!!^It8 
XaCL  WLoHBefodwthegtonii .^ 

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XZIV.  iltold  iîi  thé  Darkn^  om 

X3CV.  "  PM^H^e,  PMtCSaw»  PiMt  Holp\.- ^^^ 
'^  XX¥I.  ••  lIlMei B«li«ye tmt Oesdemova'i  HouMt ". ... .V.  9» 

XXVII.  Afcthe  LMt  Ifonwmt.  .^. . . .. .. . ,  .  ^^ . ...  :  y. .  r..:  aSi 

XiVillfl^anilnriheî^.....^;;  ..T.^v...,,^ 

XXIX  In theSiok Boom.. ......... .i......^.v.,....^^     SiB 

3ŒX.  B^f^theWeddiiig;... ........ .,.;.;.^.....;.^ 

XXXI.  Drawlnglïear.  . ..^^. ..... . , . . . ;^.. . . . , ,.,^ .;^. .  .868 

XXXn.  ThoWe^ttàiWôek..... ;.......  ...^;^ 

^  Jt  X  X I V.  Avenged.. . . .  ; . .-. ./. . . .  «y  |.  ». .........  ^ .  .287 

tXXV.;'  I aux Kmakàx  Viler  Hia^ yoo  AU". . .... ., ...... 

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OHAPTEBI,; 


1*HB  inonth  iras  Ootober,    very  oear  ^tt-  aIam  .  «h^ 

place,  a  oottug^  kitehen,  ita  m\y  o^n^^t^JStlot^ 
wd  a  baby  not  twenty.fgar  houfs  olS?^^  1?be  îoît  w?S 
of  the  œaselert  rain  on  the  glaes,  the  sobbiàg  Sy  S  thé 
wmdaronud  the  gables,  the  inianing  8ar^*^<rf?be  «to^ 

hiJhî?'*'  ^^iî«f?*?'?  ?^"«^  in  the  «hining  cook  stoveî  a 
big  braas  otock  tiçked  loudly  in  a  corner,  a  malfaMeJaî 

^"«n^rfn*  '^î*'  ~*^  ^eteikettlegnngiteplewinrw^^^ 
h«EÏ!Îl"^^*'^*  womw^ho  8wayedin  herlBô8ton  rJSkw 

anPL*5Sr^^i.S^^;  ^'*P'/  ^"«<"«  <»*  yellow  flannel^ 

-  TSîhLriw*  îSf  ^'"«^S  °^«nWe,  8»1ent  teaîT^^^ 

xo  cnuiK  tfaatthiB  shoaid  be  her  «nlAnniA  i.!».»  t  »- 

poordear— my  poor-dearP'  '     «"lo  »    «y 

^t  vibration-was  dronraed  in  the  ahrill  soream  6f  alm«! 

[Jjraear  l    Sheul  \»  hère  m  ten  minnte» now  '* 

^St^Sf^'^^T^^^^^^  «^  honr~befor^*the 
3^  Jè«  Iwtened  i»me  to  the  doon 

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door  with  a  rnsh,  and  fluns  it  wMe.  On  tli9  thniboljl, 
1^  vet  and  dxtjppinir.snd  w^-looking,  a  yonnggirlttootL 
Tbd^iny  erening  Ught  waa  Just  stro&g  enonghlô  diow  â 
pale  yonng  face,  a  alender,  girlieh  fi^nre,  .and  a  pi^'*^! 
great,  laminoirs. dark  eyea.  * 


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-_- thrôQgh.     

way  ttora  the  station  i%tl»^innn.    '        \'  ^ 

The  giri  slavly  disenguM'lienelf,  entéred4he  hall  aiid 
4tood  looking  at  Her.  ^^ 

"  Baohel,^  ahe  said,  "  am  I  in  tuné  ?  **  ^  " 

The  old  wMiiaii  hroke  sndd^y  ont  oryiilg-!->lond»  an» 
gnisbed  soi»,  tM  thofjk  ber  f rom  head  to  f ooî. . 

It  irai  the  girra  most  éloquent  answw,  and  ahe  letnieâ 
agaînatthewall  withafaœoIblankdMil^air.       '       >   -X 

"  Too  late  t  "  she  teid,  «lowly  ^  **  too  late  I    Lànraiii 
deadl^  •  '■,;*,■.'■  ■'^'o'^--^' 

The  old  woman's  «jot»  grew  londer  and  her  ^îtilniiil-w 
tempte  to  atifie  them  were  vaiik 

*a  onghtat  to,  I  kno#."  aïieçried,  Hyàtfljically  ;  "  that 
yon  shonid  corne  hom^  like  thîs,  and  only  laàt  yeaiN— — ** 

She  broke  down,  t^pina  wildly.    But  the  girl  àtood, 
tearkss  and  white,  etaring  oli^nkly  at  tiie  opposite  W93|t^> 
^   ""Ftffher  and  Lao^  dead-'<-Huid  Wîllie  I    Dh,  my  0^i^ 
bmroanlbearit?" 

Tbe  old  woni&n  hitthed  ber  |K)ba  and  looiced  np. 

The  d«Aair  of  that  ori^Mued  ory  smoi^  ber,  with  ita 
nnnttérable  pathos,  io  the  heart  '     . 

'  *^  Magdalen  I  MM^dalen  l '^  sbe  oped.  "  Hy  darliiig^ 
don'i'lpok  like  tbât  I  Xiome  in^-yoà  are  vorn  and  wei>-^ 
come  iq,  to  tbe^re.  My  child,^  don't  wear  that  8orrôwîb4 
face  ;  ii^'broaka  j^t  poor  ôld  nnrse^a  heart  !    Qome  I  ** 

Sbe  leà  the  way  ;  ta»  girI  ipUowed.    The  <^  Soriptnre 
JttiAi^-ofdl  ot  itg  own  p»tbOB^  i^ways-Hseemed  stringd|r"' 
lip$c«^H|le  bere.  '  Mary  Kagd«le&e.  beraell  mi|^i  mr» 
«^i&  Ml0  âîùl^-4ropph}^  bâte  owaM 

uàk  «biteg  Tonng  fooe,  sa  (nde«prib»bly  sad.     * 

Igbt  away.  p|5p^.îaf»niLÎrtt»k  t 


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MMoMm  hok6à  at  hn  wiih  gtètLihêmifà 
"Tjm  i\tA  thfiftatioQ.    Bmh^Anrhàa^  IiMpra  dis  t ** 

m. 


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'Yesterdiiy/'  old^Raohel  aptwereO, m fnir  •gtin; 
IMUU' «ftec  liar  babr  irài  tK»rn.''  -^    ^^ 

^«Serbaby?    Oh,Râoheir*  withalrildrtMt,  "Idid 
•  aot  kadw^rdi^  not  Jcnow-r— '* 

*rho  elà  wonuui  jindid  thaiwuidle  of  fluiod.    TIm  bàbe 

" ÏÀur» I    Lan*  I    My  aister  I"  -  ^ 

"  J*^ttùr»y  W»/l ,  iPïKHr  iittte  i^Sibrleii  <^  I    Oli, 
Bsôtel,  ît  is  very,  tèry^^àrd  I  "    ,         x       ^^^ 

"Very  hwd,  nqr  dWu»8t  -«nd  iènriblQ  ^  teur  ;  bat  it 
mmk^  bôrnèy  fof  ail  |^at    Mjpé$,go  np  l^>  joiurxûcut 
êiid  ehaiun  t^éM  MpfmgJiotlkQA,    I  doaV  «iàr  W 
yoH,  too."'      ^  ■"     ,        ■■"  ■■.^'—■-' 

^^mmtMo^  ^1^  flaid,  imâ^    *'  iÇettar  f»d  it  «U, 
«idli«tdoTO,«iid^^i^^^^^  ^Ofcbe»  #oflld  dia  cif" 

^If  thb  uiifi^,  but  1  ofily  eaStê  and  Uve  <^  1  ** 

BIowlj  «&d  jpiritïeal/sh^Mâ^  otoini  to  ber 

fti  ùmiUàt  roam.  me  fihÊâgbà  bat  v«ft^gan«ent^, 
^bed  ter  aobiuç  luwd,  iMriudied  oat^3i«.  rippllujb  y«Uo«^ 
fingiajMiU  ia  a  w««y,  «bi^MUiMi  of  Vay--ïiMfth»«  n- 
^"^^^^  ^°®  aparCment  bwfm  It  iras  as  >«tT  aimola 
toHet  «Be  had  madè,  and  ber  Uack  dièia  m  frayed  and 
ffedéd,  aadlMant  aad  iU^made  :  bat  lor  AU  tbat  ahe  wéi 
v«ll  w^tk  loaldag  «t 

Sb©  yas  very  prefcty,  in  spite  ©rker  inûlor— so  briabdlj 

^pratty/lMil;wa8a]^eaBareoalyU>lookat1wr. 

r   '^  MV  <>«a  darlkif  f  "  tbe  eld  aane  «aid»  foadïy  ikaasii^ 

heff  ''.jrou  are  aiore  bwati/«2  ftaa  «lar^  and  tâmoat  a  iro- 

>nan  at  aixtwii.    It^s  a  «td  pity,  bat  ah  d«ar,^p[6«r  I  how 

^MÊoii I b«ilp it?   Ta y>iak yaa  aan £a.4a «abai^I aa laore,** 

**Iiha8t  <mfy\9ttidy  ai  bame/' Magdalan  0ii^  '/«d 

old.    a»Ye  ift  tipon^ÉQ\xfs^  for  a  yie^M^^C^MM.?  ? 
14  %rfiaaw(df^MÎ>ÏÏr  it  1^^  myfMr 


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^4^x  jwm-alwmlcl  hâve  t<»  go  ont  mto'tlM»  â|N  wlokttâL 
cr&d  wof Jd;  ^ eàrn  yon*  jownt, Uring  gfc^ aUJ  Yon-imS 
g^eat  de»l  too  prettjr/'  ^, 

"Bachel,'*  «I4fiagd»len»jbruptljp,  l^whfrokLwdïK^ 

/f  She-ji  laid  oa>  Un  thé  pftrlor,.po<>r  dtolinà t  #Éow 
HorgaUBat  no  vith  mo  thA  làife  night^  an<f  she h«lped  m* 
•f terwftrd  to  lay  her  Mt.  8be  makes  a  lovely  oorpi»— 
8w«0t,  ^ato  lamb— and  peao^l  a«  an  angel.    Ddn\  -^ 


no^.   ^àjce  Éome  tiâa  flinit    Ton  looîc  Uiftà  onî 
shall  hâve  you  siok  on  my^anda,  too.*^ 

'*  YoQ  dpn't  know  how  ttrongvl  am,"  «ild  ICagdalen^ 

"  I  hayè  grown  of  late  tired  of  iny  Hfe,  dt  tte  wor^d,  of 

mTMJf,  <rf  evemhing;  bnfcnothmg  horta  me.    Isnfler 

«ndliteonv    Othera;  more  fortnnat«,.%«nld  anJnr  and 

'  die.*^         ..  '   '  ■'■  .■•    .    "     "- 

She  dran^  ihe  tea,  strove  to  eal,  and  fafled^ 

*i.It'ë  <rf  no  u^,  Rachel— I  oan't.  I  fed  as  lliongli  ii 
▼are  oholdnç  me,  Lefc*me  ga  jand  8M  my  •iiMfj'ttwi 
yoasballteUmràB.'*    >         ,        .  e-^  ' 

Baofaâ  arose  and  led  ihe  way  dOwn  the  hall,  hearing  • 
Iteht  In^dwid  sîlenoe^ahe  openod.  ihe  parler,  doçr  and 
Ma^alen  followed  heMh.  ;  -  *^    . 

"nie  ëottage  parler  was  ve^y  liké  any  othef  oottago  m»- 
Ion  plainly  and  prettily  fnrniahed.  Oarpet  and  fn^itni^ 
a»d  piofcares  wero  ail  very  simple  and  bright  and  îiioe: 
bnt  one  ghastly  objeot  iras  there  to  ohiU  tha  qniel  heanty 
of  t^^  piotnre.  ^         .  * 

In  tbe  èçntor  otthé  floor  stood  a  long  table,  dràped  in 
ghostly  white.  Afrtdlly  stifl  and  rigS,  nnder  a  white 
wieet,  oonld  be  seën  the  onâinè  of  whatlay  stark  anddead 
thereon. -.',,/ 

Hftgdalen  pansed  où  thè  threshoM  and  hud  her  haad  on 
Baohel^s  arm,  her  eyoa  fixed,  hurge  and  dilated,  o&  that 
ghastly  siffht.  The  dim  lampli^^t  showéd  her  &ce,*  with 
itrsti^^éNxI^hite  horror. 

"Iiéave  me  alone,  Baohell"  she  said*  in  a  hoatw 
irhispar.    "  Go  I  "  ^ 

.  ^i»  vsA  that  in  4ier  nnisKiigy^ûadtha^old^  vomaft= 
^ored  not  disobey.    She  tnmed  relnetantiy  âway  taéi  left 
TOÔ^room. 

ffae  girl  adranoed  and  st^  beside'  the  bed:  v  PqIj  thfr 
ioft  soi|tjbmg  of  the  Qbtober  xain,^tliiBi  idiadderi^i^  waîl  oC 


■a:; 


".A 


ï^; 


'VJÏ 


Wttii  a  laoe  like  rnow,  likèTnarbie,  gh«  drewth^iheei 
^wii,«idgMedtipoi^thoBlBterth6lwdloT6diowell..  I* 
WM  »  faoe  «rftnderfallj  beaatiful  In  îta  M  dreamié* 

^t  The  itraigh Vdelfoiite  îéstoreg  wer©  like  hér  îwn  ; 

fcyom;  fchoaweet,j6autifallipB€|re  citféed  withanirt- 
•flabte  expretunon  of  rost    Too  Mnoroa  for  wôrds  td  teU 
m  the.tinntterable  pe*oe  o£  fehàt&eath  gleep.      ,        V    ' 
.  v\*»  A^d  it  *U,eud»liere  I "  MagdÉen ifimight.    ^«  Youih 

t«d6M«t^W  conld  not  «aw  lief  one  poor  hoor  froS 

i?tî  dropwd  6n  her  knees  and  laid  her;  lace  onthe. 

long  she  knelt  there  tbat  old^^aihel,  «rôiriiijr  aîwm^ 
open^  tbd  âoèr  and  came  in.  ^         '  ^^*  »i*rmed, 

.  "  Jly  child  1  iny  chil4  1^  3n  im  airé-itrock  Mianei' 
«cpmèaway,    TbiaifiUneyef  d<ÏÏ''     ^^      wm$per, 

îîîf*  'S®  *2^  ntirt»  ont  into  .tbe  Tcitchen     She  sat  ddwn 
befèwi  tb6  fire,  tbat  iqy  calm  gtill  bver  aJL 

An4  now,  Baol^  -  she  i^  «  teU  i^  the  whole 

î^^  de^firi's  8fo«pîn^j(Mld  % co«ly  in  Bacbel^slapu 

^  Éi «he^ifooked to and  (ro  m  bernfree ôhair.  '        ^ * ^^^ 

.  ^^*  ïts  aahort  enottghatoiy,"  fhësaid,  wilha  heatyriifh- 

^'^oontam  «o  mnoh  misery.    IM  mi/aée;    It!li2g Xl  ^ 

^^^^i*i^monthè,yon^t  ai^to  New  Hawn, 

cal  atndiee.  tiirtli  Dewmber.  and  he.  anent  a  good  deal  of 
^nï^l  iî  ^*  Y^.?*ï^«  •»*  «Kootingfand.  irtba 


■s 


]Ô 


fop 


tadâenly 


JiJlalii  w!»  broQght  à»  xnr  misOTy-^  wteteh 
tongine  wontd  bè  a  gre«t  deal  too  good  1  * 
bW^^      *«*>    denched,  md  hw  ejes 

"  n?  ''''' -•^É?.  î  r  t«i  n»e  h^  ii«n&* 
ÎS?    1.1  ^   ^i  *T'  y®^  ^^o^'  ^»th  durk,  cnrlini  hair 

OTowwrt.     Wfflie  brougWi  him  home  and  vour  th»!-  t^m 


inaiiiÈierr 


winmmr 
<|ffiia«d 


X    J*"gl\«»â  rach  a  ohanninir. 

wroejfaoe  thattold  far  moue  thanwords. 

Affw  that  Mr.  Langloy  ^irw  every  day  ahd  nearlr  ail 

Aad  the  more  we  «a^r  of  1^,  thebéèter  we  fiked  h^^ 
▼•  nerer  tried  to  check  this  mtitttacy.  Andltha*  monfh 
passed,  aud  thenext  came,  and  Mr.  Sirit  béante  iSl^^ 

baU  thmk  m  Kew  y«rk..wher0  he  was  Btudyihg  l^^Ji 
jtw,  aad  How  Va»  I  to  Iehov  riie  iras  OQly. vtriHor a  lettS 


Mtigdalen  «at  starmg  tfcnoght  itt  tb 
Phere  wa8««0»t:t^ 


MA&DAlSaL 


n 


f^*"^!-  It  TOneeflSBMy»  for  fiunily  rett<nw,  Jlr.  Lw^  , 
«y  *«^  !»»»  ftf *>?•  iiwm«ge  ahooM  be  «trioUj  priïiiS 
Hi8  lamily  vi«h«d  liim  to  nwrry  lus  oonsin,  ma  &  d«r»d 
4iot  oppose  thentoponlj.    She  begged  hor  isà»«t  nojfe  to    . 
searoh  lor  her  j  ah*  would  be  well  and  hiu)py  aod  wonld    s 
jmte ag«m*a8 fooniM ahe  «ag  Mr.  Langley^  wifç. 
mk"Sk9  noYW  wroteagain. .  It  waa  a  terriblo  satpenM. 
"mbûây  Wi>ajd  bdieir»  tbe  stc^y of  lh« ^ràarria«tatoe 
vmgfi  and  she  was  disffraoed  forerer,    Wiliie  was  farboa 
•fctTii    He  wonld  eMk  ont  Langleyand  «hoot  hm  UUa 
âpg;]{  Xaura  v^  not  bia  irifa.    Bat  von  knoirwaiia  ; 
t**^W /•'f  <»f  '  Jfe^W  came  Ae  weixt  to  Kew 
York  ind  be  bad  némm-  tried  to  find  them. 

"  Tbe  n«xt  we  beard  he  and  I^angley  were  lii  tbiok  as 
•wr.    Ha  BMt  Laiigley  ia  New  XorJc  t^d  be  waa  Lanra'a 
bnsbwd  ;  but  Laara  waa  onlv  „l^^.|rrat4sbad  abadow  of 
Jeraelf.    Tbay  ware  poor  and  iii»â  h  a  ôlwbby  boardinff- 
bonse»  and  she  waa  misenibly  dressad.    XimutUy  waa  So  - 
law  studenWnothinff  but  a  prol^saional  mimble^-and  in 
a  law  nionifaa.be  had  made  a  professioMl  gamblar  «f  our 
poor^  weak  boy.    Ha  wrote  and  wrote  perpetaaily  for 
money,  nntu  tbere  waa  no  œôre  to  write  for  ;  he  iras 
deeply  in  d^  to  Laligley  and  others  ;  he  grew  despèrate  : 
heforged  ©ootot  Wentwortb's  nazne  for  two  thQdsand      ^ 
dollars,  waa  deteoted,  arreeted,  triad  and  aeataaced  ftawâiLst, 
years.**  ^^H^^^li 

Bi^el'atoicesankiiiaboawewhisper,  Magdalen^a&ci 
had  droppadin  bac  hand  ;  lAe  never  Ufted  it  duriur  tbe 
remainder  of  tbeatory.  «*  «•«  «• 

«Tbat  blowfiniabed  wbat  Laam  bad  begoit,  Yonr 
ftlibar  dropped  down  in  a-  iit  ^ea  be  beard  il  àbd  narer 
mt  bis  bed  af car  :  and  m  Saptembar—Juat  one  jaar  after 
tbatmatoblats  tilliûn  eama  aiBO{j«afe  oa^-be  waa  laid  be« 
aida  Yonr  iiHM&w^ia,tb0'«ïiitr<aiyaKd. 
jtJll  *^u***  H  ^*  **,*  d8s<^«fcej  laltliamalQiS^  li^m. 
AùÊ^  Th-y^^^^njadjiieto  «md^ia^ouxi^^SSt. 
tba  oiaii.  I  «aemad  to  know  pwr  tmm 
batOr  ÉOld  I  ^Itad  for  tbat.  *^  ^T 

iPl^  S>^»f>^»^^^>mj  «rf»*»^liWstlnwtad 

m&«ra|^i!aabl4friRMm^^o«lklfc    Sba 

>downpjir,  ^«!^'^tkRk.«iid  l  m^ 


bief 
tbat 


•  ■r-*?-'6f-',&iV->ï'ï": 


IS 


MAGfDALSSfm^&W. 


to  the  old  hom«  ana  die.    Oh,  thar  4»ngeSS^  t^î^T 

- .  So^i^^  Wfather  ^a^  and  droj^ïï  v 

-M  Ah,  what  a  wretdhed,  wretch«dtiine  it  was  I  I  neyer 
saw  deapair  before,  and  I  pray  Gdd  I  hevw  may  lùrain     I 

Sd^^^v  ^'*"'  ^°*  "^^  ^'^"^  o«i^  i^i^;s^ 

torAw^K**^:!^^^"*"***.**^  thonsand  irorlds  I  tank 
mrfcfit  to  breafchethe  same  «r  she  does  I  Magdalen  û  at 
nam^  npt  hère  !    Send  for  her  when  X  aai  d4d  l'        ^ 

V_  Once,aud^wi«eonly,Iipolceûf  Lân^ey/  8h«  had 
been  quretfor  honra,  gitting  oronchi^  owlhe  fl^^  5 
the wund  <jf  his  uame  àhe  atarted  ufind  towS^a  haï 
back  from  her  f«cè  like  a  mad  woip^.        ^^    '  ®  *^ 

Kl  '*  l ^?^\ '^^^.^  J  '  8^«  cried  ont  ;  '  ha  ta  th«  ' 
bl^ackeat  and  baiest  rillain  ^on  the  face  of  th«^  Wtk  "  Mt 
onrseon  him  wherôver  he  gôea  !  *  v**^*^  *J 

J2!^  gK»  Malien,  it  ia  terrible  toh^re  to  tèU  yoa 
irfBnc&ihings.  After  thati  never  ihentiwied  WlS5 
narae,  nopypor  fafcher's,  nor  WHWb,  I  left  her  to^- 
^f.  ^éUWàm  bèfore  her  last  illne»  shr  «eaVUi 
writmg  a  letter.  tt  took  her  a  long  tiœe^  ihe  waaîS^eS 
^k  rb«t^«ho  fintahed  it  at  l«t,  id  toW  metoîifiîtS 
you  whpii  fthe  iras  dead  and  buried.  *  ' 

j;»  «^Ihave  W  ttiy  aistèr  alV  8he  Bd^ 
hér  from  mite  hatmg  wy  memory  when I  am  gonel'  '^ 
^  "  From  thiit  honr  I  conld  aeé  death  approacliniï.  Tha 
doQtoryand  the^^îlOTgvtnan  knew  as  irdl  îfl  did  «ha  wonld 
never  ï^se  .from  her  bed  i^n.  I  wréte  for  wn,  bB^c» 
««K.î^^ ï»t«-    I^nlra^  darlbly  tronbles are  mi» 

mg  eloged,   /rh«  «rin  and  wind,  that  héd mfidéè  diânal 
aeeompaidment  to  her  diamal  irordi,  the  lfghtitil«7S 
jniderib  the  -tiokin^  o£  the  oU  cladk,  had^thé  iiilK^^ 
^^'^11^'»°*^  Magdalen  cowaMd  JjfifijBya^S^ 
novWoaril^jhèaring  ail,  aâdfievir  iiïôi^^n£3&^ 


\ 


■w\ 


IHB  USAD  aiSTS&^îiBTTfiB.  ^u 


j  OHAPTBBÏ^^ 

Thbou^  the  gmy  gloom  of  rfiiother  'dnll  Octob«r  dsv 
m  mant  fimeral  procwsion  left  the  «jottà^e.  and  tooL 

^  JïyJK***®  ^^*,*'^"'<'*»y»'^-    The  o3ln  plate  toW 
%  âMCgtrl's  moaràful  bat  too  common  histpry  :         • 

hà-vid  AU.WÂKD,    Aged  18. 

mmxa  mems,    That  waa  why  only  one  or  two  elderiv 
^troiu  pâme  near  the  oottaw,  ani  why  aath  a  haS 
irfmen  iolloired  the  hea^^domiîy,to  the  grave  I 
It  wai  not  ougtpmary  io  ihat  little  New  i^ngland  TUliûré 

•  thiok  Tedorer  her  faoe»widalieaTy  ehawlMwn  i^nd 
ha  dender  fem,  followéd  her  «stér  to  the^w.  cSa 
eyee  peraed  f rom  olosed  Windows  to  soan  tbat  blaok^aped. 
^iMliflgare,  and  heads  shgok  ominonely,  and  oroaJkinff 
AlS^^J^xf**'  "*«^,'  ootn^toa  good  end.  But  thw 
^»«ÎJ^riJ^ÎÎ?5****?:I^P^*  »•  thyttiint.of  her  aigterV 

i..^^î?è  "^?*^a  ^^^'^P  ?**  *^  «®®*  1^^  *he  lain  stood 
g^ttj^are  beads.^   A»he;  to  ashes,  dnst  to  dnst*  and 

r^wT^ii^*^"'.,**^"®^»"^  ^^^*  ^»»  **»  Weak  October 
r^'LÎi!^  "ï  *J**if^**i.**"*'fy»  •»»«*  •1«M*Bdbriekly 

gW  g«J  itood  apart,  forlorn  and  shirering  m  tlw  i^ 
Wâ»ta.  One  bv  on©  the  Bien  «traggled  away  and  mi  her 
^rWt  Kid  ^^^'^  ^^'^  *9*»ken  »  oreatn^  as  tffwhole 
^  The  new-made  grave  wai  iinder  a  clugm  of  mdan^élr 
tfcS??»"?^'»BW  ^y  ««  TSi^h  Vrind,  and  wMi^  iiko 
«iii|»'in  hnman  agony.  Side  by  side  lay  two  otha», 
Mor^  to  the  memory  oî  John  Allward  andMs  wifé'H^ 
^ltor«v«r  and  «ver  tbat  new-mad«  gfifp  mut  U«  aan»^ 


m 


2^^ 


u 


fâiâi«y 


lying  8ky,  grar  i^d  ctéeoïate  as  her  votmir  lift»  m^A  .i«»i- 
"  Thon  Tou  are  Dot  goiae  t»dUike  if  »  f 


reat    Ôood  niriit.**  '     ^*  aethmg  bat 

She  quitted  thé  ïoom,  osoendeâ  to*4ier  ùwii  'wîtk  rf«- 

W^^*' 3^!S'f  ^^* ^•"«'  Unra  lento;  me f^ 
«UTelope,  aealed  aùd  i|4dreeM»d  î  •      '  "**«»* 

-    ï<^My  Sister  Ma^alen.    To  be  wad  wîh«  I  «ai„rM. 


lîL"^ 


•^ej^  IMUiged  «m  t^  threghold  to  sMwer  her. 

^  not  hkeJy  to  be  âutarbed.    On  n  ragjie  «Nmeli*  midâr 
*hé^  giflomy  un,  ahe  fiât  dowti,  lhre#  bwk  hw  tiilknd 

If  T  DcABiKn' 6iennB  ; 

«dîîan/thlf?  *»^jf  «»•  fi?»^e>iM  hâte  oloécd  otw  »«l 

Mi^  ^  *'*'"''  Pityinçly  of  the  dwid  «Ver  wîo  hS 
Wii^tod  vonr  yopag  î,1é,  lut  irho  b«ft  ^w<»  mZ\  " "hinJ? 

and  yet  what  a  centnrv  of  «m  .mA  ».io«-»  ,fc  "  _!._    "f^ 


^«jr^aptember  :  moraiog,  it  w5™  &^SIy\,SS 

nm>»e.    Not  hoir I  lored  MaiiHoe  Lanriev-Mth«rr 
J^gb«ro  «f  Tomanœ-tbe  prièoe  of  my  â^llj^riiA 

ttot  balf  ao  bnffht  as  bis  smUe.    And  he-ob  "MÎ-iï 

mi 


fm%m'-v. 


16 


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UAQBâiiBK^  TOW. 


L^ 


ï  rauBi  ^.    S^aratiMi  ^  a»  .iras  woiîae  than  àeatK    t 
coftiented  to  wthiM--^yeijrtliing--r»ther  thaô  tbat. 

m  arrangea  lÉ  ail  that  night,  with  the  ready  fadlitt.  I 
kno5  now,  otoM  wôU  09ft4  iomah  déception.  In  two  âm 
he  wouW  start  for  New  York— kake  ail  necessarv  «rranS- 

.  ments-^I  was  to  foHow>  and  loin  feim  there;    A  cferwato. 

^  a  collège  fhendoMiiB,  wonld  |iërfom  the  çeremony  wifchî 

m  a^  hopr  of  my  arriva^  undtKen  no  more  parUngs  from 

gw  darlmg  liani»  in  thte  lower  world.     Oh,  never  did 

Satan,  m  temptin^  Eve,  pàSnt  the  fdrbidden  frnitin  more 

*î  "f  î^''**"  tlmn  did  mv  tempter  in  alluring  me. 

I      Magdalen,  J  con^nted.    I  I^  my  home— my  father^ 
au  that  wag  dear  to  i»é  in  thia  world,  for  my  lover. 
.  I  reached  Kew  York.     He  wa»  thére  aà  I  leh  the  car», 
impatiently^awaiting  me,  for  he  lovod  me  the»,  with  a 
fierce,  împetnons  love-f-too  hnrning  to  last.    And  he  kept 

-1118  promise— within  tho  hour  in  marriag^  ceremony  toofc 
jplace.  V  A  clerg^maii',  w:bite4iaired  ainrd  vénérable,  married 
ns  at  the  hoftel,  withont  witpesaes,  and  immediately  de. 
partcd^I  hàd  nO  dotabts  of  its  yalîdity— ^o  thonght  o£ 
any  •«wn'ible  fraud.  I  wa«  bis  wife,  or  death  by  tortdre 
woold  not  hâve  kept  me  by  bis  aide  one  momerft.  dearlv  aa 
1  loved  him.  -      .         .  •' 

^We  lived  in  the  hot«l,  oniat  «id  retired,  a^  I  waa  nn- 
njiterably  ha^py,  nnut4erably"l>le88ed.-  Ther«  wàs  bnt  one 
drawback  to  my  perfect  foy— he  would  not  letmewrite 
homo^  And  tbat  refusai  waa  the  forernnner— the  first  txf 
the  mise^  tbat  waa  to  corne.  It  came  aoon— v«ry  8oon~ 
bitter  and  hefl^y.    Indifférence  began— coldneas,  neglcct. 

Si^*w?^'-¥*^X®****"®'>y  *'<»'  ^»y'  *ij?ht  *ftw 

night.    When  he  did  rétnrn  it  waa  alwaya  brutally  dnink 
and  m  drnnkenneaa  the  trtithr  came  ont.     The  man  I  bid 
marned  waa  aprofésaed  giunbler; 

After  thàt  bitter  bibw  thé  othfiov  ^Uowéd  faat,    Cloïd« 
>  tiess  and  crnelty  tnriiéd  to  loathing  and  hâte.    I  waë  a  ' 
nniaance  and  à  bnrden  to  him:    He  wiahcd  te  had  never 

*^^^'y**?îv*C*^**^  **°'*****^*™ir  *W        With  a 

Mte-^e4,  mtifnl,  whhnpering  oiy.ba%.    He  topk  me 

"»»^'^boWl  and  plaeed  me  in  a  abald»/  boàrdlng-lbotiêé.: 

■kl»  foui  auelfe  and  loathing  af^ta  •  he  wor«  aC 

oame  honîé  reeUnr,  beaatly  dnink,  and  oftén, 

laieQ^  maddéned  with  %iior  and  ti^aaaa,  heatmok 

ii^  -«>-  tbat  Wittb  oaatc   -^a^ÊÉÊmMoA  Ut»* 


irf*^.' 


THB  DBAQ  SmTBB'S  LETO^B. 


17 


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tioe  obtaiiied  Ma  old  Moend«fii^.oTer  WiUië's  ^ireak  ttànâ» 
Qeoould  Jbe  80  ftgreeabl&>  so  delightftil,  bù  tucÀruktitff, , 
w)i(Mi  be  ohbse.  Ue  bronght  WiUie  homei  apoiosizing  m 
Itnlaaffhipg-wav-ÏQr  oar  JSohemiati  lodeings^  ana,  kuQW- 
ing.wel!  I  wonld  nevér  betray  him.  Goa'knows  I  tried  to 
■ate  Willie.  I  warned  him.  I  did  what  I  aoald,  but  it 
IHW  ail  in  vain.  *[iti>  few  months  hé  was  in  a  felpn's  oeil, 
for  forgery.  lé  was  throngh  an  anouymous  letter  the  news  > 
zeaohéa  me^firs^y.jvHtten  iû  a  man'a  hsàxày^^fBry  hn^tf  but 
ffill -i^  ap|ialliQg  l^ioi,  HaùriQe  Langley -waa  thi9  most 
wortfal<»8'of  aii  Worthlesa  8<k>andrela,  fuso  and  oorrnpt  to 
ihe  core  of  hig  heart.  His  name  was  not  lianeler  ;  that 
lilkiaae  was  a^faise  as^bo  dyed  hair-and  mQ8f»ohe  ne  woro 
to  disgûisé  mmself.  ^^  1  was  not  fais  wife-^thi^t  oeremony' 
In  the  faotel  was  thfir  ntost  oontemptible  of'shams  ;  he  ]^à^ 
a  bona-fide  wife'liying  bd!ore  hei  eyer  saw  me,  and  ^mg 
still^deserted. .  I  h^  b,een  foelçd  from  the  firsttc^  iMt. 
If  I  doabted  thé  ohargea,  let  mCshow  the  letter  toXang* 
ley,  ûid  let  him  disprove  thern  if  he  dare. 

I  did  not  donht.^  Conviction,  àtrohg  as  deathi  seized 
upon  me  from  tho  first.  ï  iras  So  stnniied  by  repeated 
ubws^at  I  jaii  in  a  sort  of  numb-desiliair,  har^y  oon> 
sèioas  that  I  snffered.  A  hortibîe  stnpor  held  me— I  eât 
ilithocit  aiear  or  i^roan,  waiting  for  my  betrayer  to  corne.  ' 
'  He  came  some  time  beforo  midnifat^  drunk  as  nsnal^ 
ràirîing  into  the  i^oom,  sU^ging  ft  Tnlgar  song.  I  rose  np  , 
and  pnt  tho  letter  in  fais  haftd»  withont^jring  a  word.  He 
T^ad  it  i^rongh  and  bnrst  ogit  withan  <Mitiii;  **That 
sooundrel»  Buras,  I^always  kn^w  he.wpnld  peaoh  !  Well, 
Biy  gtrfj'it's  ail  tmo,,  and  now  what  are  yon  gonig  to  dd 
aboutit?^  N. 

isiood  there  bef<Nre  him  and  loo|i;ed  hiip  straigfaiin  the 
jÉÉeeuntil  he  qnailed.  I  ^eTeirspokftéworâ.  I  went  over 
to  the  b«d  where  my  sbawl  and  bonnet  lay  and  pnCth<»iû. 


<o&* 


afe  yon  gofagi**  he  saidL 


"Tam  «oing  honiè.'* 

I  don't  «now  what  there  was  in  my  face  that  a^^^ 
Mber«d  hhKi.    1  dare  say  hé  thonght^^ô  mà& 


tktoti  ifen  |»K  watohtng  me. 

<^  m  the  middle  ^the  night»  l4anira, 
go.    Wittttiîktôcpwr^ït;^  . 

tlmâéÊÊÊÊÊM^'  »r:'|p(iopl«' 


h©v 


'M 


'^l 


'^< 


u 


.^^^■•^  ja;  . 


hiiud,\Amik 


I 


-.jf 


,u!^^  ??  ^'^  *°^  irftH:«d  ont  itito  a 

With  B«>hel,  •ni  hçaring  her  My  my  fakïïr^rdéadr^ 
Z^T     Sïï*^**  P»*/Wr  M»d  ••  fwgivinglT  of  me  ■• 

&»iv*,him^I  «wnot  r  l«n  dyfeg  «nd  I  ctùni^^^ 

■Bit.    Bon  i  hâté  poor  Lao^'i  memory  vhw  afae  îb  gflawT 
Ther»  tfae  Met  «nèed.    Mdgdslea  leoked  ap,  wbiW 

21&  ^  ®'i*°  opd^inted  iky:  aofth.  weniS^^ 
Mgh«d  f orlornly  among  th«  màancMy  firi;    S«  aSÎ 

Srnri^f^  **^  *~****'  iS^"  W  pd«  f«H,  SiS 

^olafe  orphan;:^of  a  blighted  i^d  raiâ»d  lifel    FÎÎi 

'-  'mm  whp  hast  said,  '  an  «ye  foî  «  ère.  aîwSSatoDS 
^^^  life  for  a  life,'  he^  me,  «.fhip^TkéS^^ 

^^"^i^^.  49wa,^&^orf«ii,  «igiè  ftwr  Wit  TO 


■4 


MB.  eioBOB  BAjakomt, 


N,,iJ 


'";> 

^ 


V  "'•  '-     > 


X  ^  'yi^^i  J 


'? 


[\.;i"i<! 


THBdoaâ[lMi8iin8biae..of  »  Jane  morning,  ebtrûÊaakmg 

ibtoogh,  the  hofcèl  windoOTB».  nMâé  squares  of  luminou 

siorv  oa  tira  gwày  BrtiMds  e«rpet,  «ad  shûne  aad  sointil* 

(ktoa  <ni  ^e  china  and  uLtet  U  a  mhl j  kid  Vreakfaak 

table.    A  white^pron«d  waiter  had  jnflt  borne  in  th» 

^^min^H^eoftee  and  eteak  and  roU»,  and  now  stood  aBX« 

loéalyAviuting  thâ  firrival  of  the  gentleman  who  was  Uf 

.^^^molish  thèse  edîItleB  before  theT  grew  oold»    The  earlj^ 

TJ  »ail  had  |net  arrired,  and,  pilea  oeside  tiie  hot  j^àteKi^ 

vere  abont  twentj  letterain  WhiiaéaTelopea,  and  in.^^^^t 

^-dDCkOie  or  leas-^female  handei    The  Herald,  ail  damp, 

and  (unelling  rery  itronuBr  of  printer'a  ink,  laj^|Nk|^a  thenu 


^k>od  mornin^.  William»''  «aid  Hr.  BuiSÊÊiS^'  "UTioa 
adari  of  day^  isn't  it  ?  Hey  !  The  mail  got  in,  and~lialf  a 
Imabel  of  notes  for  me  !  -dUl  trom  ladiee^  WiUiam-^every 
'-0  from  ladies»  bless  tbmr  preoiosa  litUe  bearta  !    Pour 

,t  the  coflée  like  a<g0od  feltow,  and  then  go.*^ 
^   WiUiam  obeyed,  trhipped  the  ttlver  oovecaoff  the  iteidE 
and  è|nlB»  and  took  bis  departare^  leaviiig  Ifr.  Bantone  to 
«at  and  read  at  his  leisnMK, 

iMr.  iSarstone  jeated  himself  at  th^'lay^  tninbling  over 
tfie  pile  of  lettore,  sboôk  hie  bead  refleitit^  as  he  coante4 
tirâûty,  battered  his  first»  mU  and  nnfeldèd  ti|e  moial 
wimtspàptir.  .  -      .-  "^         *  ■ 

;  He  waé  tkM«  man-r-tlbis  Mr.  Oéoige  Baxatime— i^  feei. 
Il  an  iaqhy  with  btoad  sbonlders,  lair  bur,  bina  igirea  jM^  # 
goad-lookingy  j^ood^bnmerea^faéaL. 

WMiàtsnt    and  robbe^ise^  aiS|m|l  '  aeaiâj 


'l%iAa  ia  tba  eoo^tiy» 


:w 


t;..  î.  ^,>\,;"  ■ 


9w 


>4J 

M" 


HMDAIiKBI^S  voir. 


MlwiU.Addwi8B.B.,  Herald  Office. 

_Mr.  Bantove  pernged  this  adTertisement  with  extraor- 
dinary  reltth,  oonsidermg  how  often  he  bid  read  ît  b».  : 

ri?»:*    ..?*  **?  finnç  dpim  the  papera  auS  turneà  tÔ  tho 
letteit  witha look  of  oomâiiBenirioQ. 
^^  ÏW  Jittle  things j »  he    aaid,  tOMÎng;  tfaem  oter  ; 
^tweutv  to^ay,  and  wghteen  yesterday  ;  ail  uiïder  twenty- 
flye-all  attractive  and  ail  j^roaoient  in  mnrio,  Frenoh  and 

wbole  of  them,  aûd  take  tbem  to  Oonneotiout  witPme, 
;nd  wttle  them^m  a  oplony  of  pretty  white  cottagee,  and 
Çension  them  ofl  with  hnabandeand  dowries.    BuO  can'fc 
1  çau  onOf  give  thirtv-seren  my  deepest'  compjteeioà,  anj 
W*"     ^      ^'— *^      "**  with^e  to  fiolden  Wa-  . 

Mr.  Barstone  pliuiged  at  onœ  into  busineas  and  beffan  v 
tearing  opeii  the  wh\fe  misSivee.    They  were  ail  more  or  ^ 
lésa  ahke  ;  the  irriter^  were»  ail  twenty  or  thereabonts,  pre-    . 
BOMewmg  to  look  al^poeiesM  of  the reottisite  art»  ànd  àU 
perfectly  mlhng  to  réside  in  the  oouniàryt  "^  ^ 

The  grayitT  4>f  Mr.  Banitone's  face,  as  he  read  ihese 
piteons  appeals,  was  a  sight  to  see.  ,  • 

<*  Poor  liitle  aonl  I  poor  little  thing  î  "  ho  interieèted. 
«ompaasîonateîy,  aftei*  eàch,  as  it  flnttered  Wn  amoni  * 

•îi^Jiîî?^'^'**  ***».*'*«  **»*!?«**     "'HowhappyoouWlJ^ 

(^  Witb  ^itber  w«re  t'othér  dear  charmer  àwayP    Any  ône 

of  them  vould  do;  bat  how  in  the  wolrld  is  afelbw  to 

ohoose  among  so  man/?    I  wish  Fanny  was  hère  to,  help 

The  lastof  tho  twenty 'seemed  to  impieaiKr*  Bareione. 
£here  was  no  partioular  reason  why  it  shoald;  eithef.    It 
iiiaa  damtily  written,  bat  so  were  the  rest,  and  it  mw 
er  and  lésa  elaborate  than  raost.  v 

le  writer  did^  not  even.  men%i  hér  «H»d  lookfc  and 
(rjho^^oa^  «iK|^tta  1feît6M[lir»flë,S6rSnt 
Sttê.M;a8  ttn^«|toty,  tbe  laid-^eighteen  that 
!t*7  ."®^I|^HI^**'^"  expérience  «s  goVemess. 
UA-ï<^^,'^t'T^Kh  ^J^^  oallîng  at  No.- 

?frt^|ie4t  waat! 
'^?>aocl  lÊÈv  "" 


name  thai  staiok  bis 

hig  ffclftnifiat 


,iâ«i 


'•V*--  J. 


<t.âr«g38te..wj:. 


Xfi.  0|{OBGB  BAÀBTOKfi. 


SI 


Intt  he  fol4«d  this  nol0  ttp  i^Qd  put  ik  in  hia  p6oket,  #itk' 
ibe  resolùlidn  of  eftHing  ai  ZiTo.  —  West  Twenty-thiicl 
Street.    On  thëlnrifle  of  aUftine  destinies  baDi^— oniho' 
tnmii^g  of  a  hair  whole  Hves  Balahoe.    He  txxiJw.  nnt  his 
watoh  and  saw  thttt  it  ytBS  néurly  eleven.    / 

**»n\  jn|inp  in^an  omnibns  and  go  tbera  at  once,'*' 
fhonght  thé  young  man.  "  Tm  very  Bopry  ifor  yoïi,* 
attostrophiaing  the  othér  Jettera  as^e  piôKed  thém  trn^ 
"  deacealy  eorry  ;  bnt  what's  a  man  to  ao  P  If  Magdnen 
Wa]^d  don^t  sait,  I*It  try  some  of  yon  ;  bnt  IVe  àjwar; 
sentimeni  that  ahe  wilL"  .   —  ,      \       ^" 

The  honcK)  in  Twenty-thii4  8tx»et  was  yery  easily  fùà 
—a  stately  brownatone  trèht    Mr.  Bdt«tone  rang  the  b« 
inqaired  for  Mîm  Magdalen  Wayne,  and  waa  nsliered  at 
onœ- into  a  bandsome  parlor.       -,  v  > 

^  W^ii  name,  sir  P''  insinnated  tbe  danuel  in  oalfiDO» 
boTM*ing,  expeotant»  <m  thé  tibreshold,  and  the  ffentlémaa 
palled  jtisa  Wayn^'s  noté  ont  of  "  his  poqket  oy  way  of 
wply.  - 

"  Givé  ber  that,**  ho  said,  •*^and  tell  4ier  Pm  the  iwraoft 
"Wliose  adjœtôkemént.she  answei'ed.''  -  --      -' 

l^The  gîrl  depnr|»â  and  Mr.  Batstoioé  iras  lèft  to  hisi:»» 
fléotiona.  -  ;        ;.  ' 

**  Silence  and  solitnde/^  he  thonght,  clancing  aronnd 
and  takitig  atclck..  "*I  dreamt  that  I  dwelt  in  marbl». 
ha^,  with  Tassais  and'— -ni^  style,  ofthing  this.  Miss 
'  Wajne's  lines  seëm  to  hâte  faHeà^  in  pleasant  placeâ.    In** 

'piano— 


.'-'M 


^-  ïjp: 


laid  tables,  pretty  piotnirtes,  rébrei  c»arpet^  s^ 
xettiarkably  nice,  iùdeedl  '-.  I  hope  she'O  hlunpf^ 

Ènt  she  didn't  hçtrry.    Ten  minntds  passed— liftë«k«» 
hàlf  an  hour.    Mr.  BarétoÂé  fl^  1^  ènsbioned 

èhair  as  if  it  had  be^stiaffed  in^h  sqnirming  eels. 

'^'I  might  hâve  knowii  how  it'  wonld  be,"  he' 
despondingly  ;  "  she  ié'doing  np  her  hair.    *^— ^ 
^iowi  iBp  faer  liOTr  ^rhen  gentieroân  lailL    3âr  .  ,  .^ 

smoke,  ùt  if  I  had  bronght  t^^lioe  Gacette/oriÉi|»è^j 
thing  entertaining  to  read."    *^*'  ^^^ 

Bat  ail  things  oome  to  s 

reà,  and,  wtth  a  mighty 
ailjf'in.  '  -*i^^— t.  *™ 

"Fmafraid  IVe  kont  y<m  1l|Hniti  '<i)Ri#l 


'M!k 


tjtJSNsiensLSfiis  -^.jn 


^^adron  «re  exoept*  tfadae  àbatllièrt  to  dMl 

«jp.  Bwtloiif  jMea  a«îiait.\  gÉw  lad 
fftt— dreaiîfn%f«t— .#ith»  bigh-S 
oertoiuly  nevei  d^tinèd  to  së«  tM 

■Èernâtiôn,  «aheni  nwer  do  f  lî^S^MT  of  i  %<Sé&  5 
h^mchef  «ad  «pi^  of  life  iiiàiwriiig  my  i^ftot^lni^ii 
*~*^ -|t«iottv«-lookuur  governesa  i*»  •  ^^ 

aashespokAfls  disnifty  viii^ depioted on lii» 

ron  arç  Mias  Wm^  we  yqu  noir  f  " 
Oh,  dear, uol * airilfy  orled t)lfldE|»Mx*    "l'a  Mrs. 


.  ^  ^  lyoa  got\ 

.  Mr.  Bawtone.  with  bia  hrwrth^aiU  tft]i6a  «ww,  «ud, 
«tung  ateriug  helpleasly^  waa  90in(i  time  b^ot«  he  ooEld 
realiB<)  thia  qae«tioa  «i»|M|ir«a8ed'io  him. 
"Thejrearo  no  ahAÏr^'r*' eïoluîmed  theyoung  ï&iui^ 

afTh©  MW  Mra.  Hoi 

#Miae  Wayue,  „__ 

I»eciou8j-.very  piMHpeiHri  wMit  >  dose  thiboabew 
fti  once.         , 

*[And  ao  yoù  cwi^^reaponded  Kn.. Howard,  **  for  she'H 
*   i®'®  è}^^^' .  ^^'8 1»"»*  ""»  *o»»«a  to  Sixth  Atbhuo, 

awwHr^P  paa  graan    on,  "«oBCia' 


"ibe  M,  now  P 
«nicoradj 


)r  omed^anda  yoaag  |^ 

lateljr  atvfl^t  o{  a  atnottar. 

iaid,  hutdadty.    «  t  t&Î^S^ 

Iood« 


._?tS5,:<*^>*^>i 


v"  ...-.ta 


«.-  '~^ 


MB.  cRBOBos  BAsanmm 


m 


«r?**  G. .  B./  yon  kno»,  my  lotç— «na  Pm  «Me  ilie 

Eàitioii  wili  stilt  yon,  «edinc  Iliftt  there  ax«  no  olittÉnHi, 

:    And  ^oly  one  yoanff  Ift^,  ii^«ii  irill  tH»  quito  Blto^iBi  ^Mr 

,  W^yon,  rm  icire.    Ify  apét  idr»  my  gt^arnén,  If  lu  m%- 

^•fon  Wayne.**  :  ^ 

The  jra^nng  p«raoa  Bâmeâ  bow«d  fOipg>>tfnaL     Wt. 
Baratone  rose  up  aimI  bowéd^iefipeotfnlly  tàBo^  wU  M 
i^ïïlÉP»  wbile  j[O0a  ;M».  Howhp4  «mattered,  Ûtht  sh« 
T«>^w|y  pretty  ywng  5eï»i»n    wHh  a  "pàlo  ftiçe,  il 
eyee,  «nd  golaea  browB  teir,  Aind  Mr;  BanrCbne 
'  Mprawrad  bj  prétly  peopîe,    Sbe  was 
tà|^  iritih  a  oertai%:  qiH^liB«M  abomi 
HfiSt'M,  tarïflê  oufc  6t  place  In  %  epTernèM 


/ 


-» 

jM 


Mr.  BarstoaiK. 
on  are  gonv 


->' 


->^^M^^^Mqie  is  Barstone.'^mldthat  gentleman,  qnitMKlH' 
dotl^^'  80  mnob  beauty  ;    "  and  1  om  ciertalta,  v>*^ 
Wayne,  from  ail  Mrs..  Howard  saya,  I  wili  be  fortuit», 
i&deed,  if  I  6ati  séoùreyotwrjierviopti.'^  - 

;   **  May  I  inquiré,  Mr,  B$iitOne,  wliere  it  w  ?**  ^    ' 

<*  MiUlerd,  Cohn^fitiéiii,''  nMqMmded  Mi 
'*  Millf ord  ia  ôbr  town.  Tlje  j^iuse  tb  whicb  y« 
«r«  coQBtrf  ti11%~4a  oailed  Qllden  ll^illéwti.^ 

**  Aod  as  tç'>terBif^  jiow/'  strook  /bu  Mrs.   Howwd, 

**  Magdaleo  baa^ 'hea&~tor  Inisiaes^/^  yoiTll 

«lonse  my  ad^^'f  bope.    lMiey*re  libéral,  I  traety^be- 

oatiae>  poor  désr^  i1»e  bas  «i  did  '  nurse  ànd  A  little  uiece, 

dpwti  in  Keir  Hèmp^lifte,  to  irojtp^rt.    Yen  nientloned  In 

ftirâi  adreiftiseiBent.  fou    kn«sr,   Ifr.  Barstoné,  ^^rm» 

•.Kbei?Mî/--:    :  ^  '■'■   -V.'    ^-•':.'V^  '.''■'-'r^  :-'-:-'{.  .  ;':^^ 

i I "TEerUM f    Oh,  jes;  imjni^it^dqiwâM  Ine to «wjy  ûm 

^ndîwàiaoïlara  pçrlaimtinu^         - 

^  :^Jla^p:^^  i  snrtiiiv^  tbaf  is  î  **  Qi%d  Mpi. 

fioward  ;  ^*do  yod  bear,Hagda|eiiv»|E:dear?>    Ontybi^ 

pît  and  iir«  bnndf ed  dollqra  ^  «nîiinm.    I  àm  cei'ftilia; 

~    Barstone,  Magdalén  is  delighéed  to  close  with  yiottr 

Âtipne»,*  . 

r.  Barstone  bowed  with  a 

"I  wM  call  f<ïr  yoti  on 

fvren.  'Ôood  momîng,  Mrs. 

wirme.^    I  congitatqlate  m^ 

Mr<  Bàrstotte  soctti  react 

•  Itne  to  bis  axrat  befoxe  è 


"^-Wi 


^Bimer 


ng  f âoe. 
orainj 
■goôd 
n<îoeBlr. 

AhÛ.  xan  vp  to  pea 
l^e  tbree  a'clodk 


ilf.past 


24 


:  MÀC^iuiiBBrs  vow. 


"It*8allrighfc.    IVogotï1an.8«)verae8^-sftregiïlâp 
«nd-outer  I     Pardon  the  força.  <a  that  oxpressiS»,  but  ik- 
Inst^çdiiTey^  mymeaning,    Sho  playa  and  éings  like  St. 
Çei^ilia^never  beard  St.  Cejîilia,  bnt  tieard  of  her— toÉ 
naine  wHiss  Magdalên  Wayne,  eigbteeii  y«art  old,  j3| 
pi^tty  a»  a  pîotupe.    ToUJg'anny  wfr-win  be  doWn  Fr]^ 
eyening^^d  let  her  be  o»  lier  beat  behavior. .  Is  Phil  with 
m  yet  ?    Beat  teearda  if  he  ia,  and  nntil  *Friday.  mr 
dear«iint,adiea.    Aflectwnately,  Gbobob.» 

_A4droaam£  tWa    to    *Ufw8  Lvdia  Baratone,  Golden 
rillowa,  MjUford,  Çonn,,"  Mr.  Baratone,  wit]i  a  heàvy 

WBigbt  off  hia  naanly  mind,  gare  it  to  a  waifcer  tô  poat,  and 

vent  down-Btaira  to  ainner.  ! 


CHAPTEfiTy;  ' 

ToiLim  ^^$îii4be  tWHfm  aftemoott  annahine,  np  the 
filage  ^8treet,jaiut  in  froro  the  world  by  those  green  New 
Hiynpabire  hilla;  went  George  BaratoneTgoTemeas.  There 
^e  few  peoçlo  atooad,  for  the  train  liad  daahed  in  juat 
«t^a  tiinej.>ut  thoaeieTr  atoppéd  to  greet  beartiiy  the 
prettv  girl  in  black.  >  .        "^    * 

c  *'Dear  me,  liow,  if  it'a  notllagdalen  AUward  I  Haro 
you  corne  to  utay,  or  ia  it  only  a  viait  f" 
«  t'  ^^}l  *  \*®^^"  Ma^dalen  replied,  to  theae  good  people. 
l^#.A®*®^^i"?™***°^«»'™  homeaiok,  in  that  great, 
dn8ty|oityyon4çr,attd  mn  down  among  our  breeayhiila 
to  freghen  np,"  -  f'    "*^ 

I .    Sh^  walked  on,  a  reated  look  oomkg  orer  her  tired  yc^nnir 
ftKpe,  »f  ter  each  of  theae  gi^ètings. 
-  ^^e^lM^k^ljnch  i^^ 

aelboagm  .  '*^There  are  kindly  heàrt?  in  it-Hjtrày  ^oaes 
amoug  the  thorna.  It  il  wortb  endnnng  the  pain  4)f 
go]mgaway,fortheïtf|iMÉiroott»ining  hdme.*^^^ 

Htfme  I  Sbe^  piwaea  TMorè  it  at  làat-a  litfle.  brown 
cottage,  wifch  Jnne  ord^m  ronnjng  oyer  it.    The  front 


¥•-<  ^ 


y.  ■ 


\ 


THE  MABK  ON  LAKGLirS  JOUI. 


!S6 


f«i"î 


I 


dMOiJitood  wide  to  admit  the  pleasmi  ëyetiiiîg  ooolnetti, 
appihe  çonld  see  throneh  int»  tlie  Mtle  yellow  painted 
Mt^n«n.  There  safe  Raôbcd  over  her  knittine-^there  lajr 
rassjr,  coilod  tx^  on  her  mat^aiid  there  iodoldd  abont  a 
ittle  flaxen-haiired,  pink-cbeeked  faify^  Terf  sbfiky  on 
tiv  fat  legs,  l^be  golden  snnset  lit  np  the  pictare  filke 
:i||e^r'rain.;'''  :.__-:i  '  •---'     '-, 

|**I)ear  oîd  honierl*'  Magdalen  mormored.  "Siioh  a 
bavéQ  of  rèst  and  peace,  alter  the  tarmoÙ  and  «trife  of  the 
b^,  Foary  irorld.  Tbànk  God,  I  oan  k^^it  for4;bemI 
tteàuk  ôod  lor  my  youtbi  and  Btrength  tbat  enifblea  m»to 
figUt^  tbë  6attle  of  life.  Sucb  a  bappy,  bap£7  home  tt  \i 
onoa  waa,  beforé  that  yillain  came.  J^athéir>  tfillie,  Lanra 
allgén»— «Il  tfaeir  unaTenged  wrongs  lying  at  bis  door. 
HeaTon  grant  me  patience  to  pèrseyere  nntil  I  lind  bim, 
and  then—then  let  him  beware  r* 

fier  face  darken<i9"  vindictÎTely^^and  her  Uttle  band 
olenohed.  Ob*  to  hâte  him  at  her  meroy  now—to  stand 
&ce  to  face  vith  Lanra'a  mnrderer. 

She  pnshed  open  the  low  wbité  gâte  and  iralked  in.  Old 
Baohers  binnt  heajring  failed  to  catch  the  li^  step,  bnt 
the  little  toddler  saw  her  and  ran  lorward  with  a  aoream 
ofdelight.         -    ^ 

**My  pet  î  niy  pet  I**  Magdalen  cried,  catching>  her  np 
an^covering  tue  bright  '  baby  face  with  kiiaes.  **Hof 
glad  ï  am  to  aeé  you  again  1  '*  -  v     ,^ 

.  Bsohel  Btarted  np  and  stood  with  a  faoe  of  donbt  «nd 
delight.    The  ^irl  laughed  and  kisaed  her,  too. 

"  Dear  old  nursey  !    Yes,  it's  I,  and  very  tired/due 
and  hnngry  I  am.^  Isjtea  almost  ready,  Bacbel,  and  ha^ 
yotf  got  any thtng  particnlarly  nice  ? '*  "~~~ 

"  My  cbild  \mj  darling  I  Ton  dpn't  knov  what  a  htfppr 
surprise  tbis  is  l'*  old  Baphel  exclainied.  "loanno^ten 
yon  how  glad  I  am  to  see  yon  !  And  Laara,  t9^^— lool^  at 
that  chilcPs  eyes  1  "       , 

>' l^hat's  beiçause  sbo'ft  wmtinff  for  oand^'' aaid  Magdal«n. 

Well/yon  shall  ha?è  some,  Ijani^    Mere's  oandy,  p6a> 


<( 


^3igt^^^fetogé>^ookgrd^ilg;^^ad^iafiaitHai.  --^y^ 
and.disembowel  the  baff  yonrself.'* 

She  gare  her  réticule  into  the  ohild's  bands,  paâ  little 
lokxipk^  with  a  ohildibh  scream  él  ^iltaey,  sat  4o#n  on  the 
flo<nr  uid  proooeded  to  enteénob  herseli  in  a  breattwork  of 
toys  And  iweetmeata. 


■^«,1 


96 


MAâHAIilim  V0V. 


.^ 


Magdateii  ebooJc  ont  hsràmMty^tobedfUooeOkeà  41i»jÉift* 


^^ 


light  obly  4i>  see  iier. 


le JliMflloiiiag  •  long 


'  cKK  1 


liatbeimuinùlt. 
tuiijii^ke  QBiy  eseani 


'»* 


I  iM^Jeft 


brigbtly,h'<(riiflfetl,  tht^  it  was  a 

}iap^  radWMè  woald  faeei^  i 
«ry  and  paat  ^0QJ|[>le8. 

*'  It  û  80  niœ  to  be  liaA),'^ 
l}reath^   <' ¥o«  <loa^i  knov  iW  ki 
.  BaoheU    Vév  Tork  ae^as  like  « 
«sod  the  ia»t  of  ihe  meil  a&d 
I  f«el  as  tlMoiflft  I  «ttoald  die  jf  I 
oooa8i<HUilly«  aod,  aaé  th«  blae  * 
iad  breathe  tlte  Aresh  auMaatain 

'*  Ymi  powr  «biid  I     Àsxà.  " 
Stay?"  .    * 

«Oaly  «util  to-morrair  aftarfuM». 
BoviuNiV  and  yot  iiiy.JMad  in*'  '  »' 
morning/'  ,       j 

«  My  dear-4ef <;  y«or  plaae  ?  *'! 

(<  Y«fr~for  a  botter,  rbafOb  j^he  «aJary  mUf^té^  maà 
(ha  wonk,  T  ftalfia  ii«  lass  :  imtjl  Bevar  «xpeet  ta  flnd  « 
more  indulgent  employer  than  gQSÂppy*  gaod-naiared  JCnb 
Howai^d.  ^h«  i^  fffMg  ham  p  Bulirad,  yoa  a^  and  I 
oant  %o  «riih  b«r  «n  aoooantj  of  ^  aid  tadr  wm  ikm 
bairnie  hère,  m^  anawëred  an  aaf«Hâ«niattt  â  iM :&eiM% 
and  «eea»d  tïiia  na«r  |da«i«^" 

«' In  îfav  Yorft  f  *^  [  \^        '   j-  , 

<'  Ifo,  «lia  «oàiitry-~H Ulf ordi  OoM.    3âta  «aMt  <of  tha 
:la«ii}y  if  Bari*«(ae,  and,  Icamjtïia  lampla  I  l«Éaaaeii,| 

thkik  Isbàll  3ke  tbaai.    1 4     **  ^^     -  ' 

took  tioe  by  tba  foi«look  a&< 
Bewa.     ^ad  liow  iâr  snmer- 

VaxBa  Baobai  battied  a) 
,-vraB  deligWIol  to  •ea^hér  nn 
iLibtIal  ta  ta»  har  in  «âeb  gaod  bàaltb  w^ 
^*  Imhh  I  jiad  ypu  ^àmvf»/m»M^^ 


go  u&til  £ri^;  èo  I 
rm»9mB  to  itU  yon  tha 
èald  yon  I  «raa  lan^bad,^ 
in  «  «tate  <of  aastaqr^  It 
at  ali^^  wpi  »ora4»> 
bâiltb  aipdapintt. 


mg 


daal'tW  bard  on  ^  d^îoa^  foàng  areatoniUiwm,  I» 
&kra  ta  vork  Uke  aga^ay-4«va«r>kkit6bci)ii«aià.lara 
Moi-for^Dothing  a)d  iRMittn  aâ|»flii%«i^^P»ari^teni 
%it  I  bofFa  a  woi*fc  !aatleî'«i!fcr4fcat  "  "^^  —  ' 
»y  p»fe  witt  get  yon  a  hmlma»  yai 


f-ite".  !>»:<>>*t;i;vi 


'<p6i 


âiaw»^^  vi^  #M^  t»f  inoney,  «pet  aU  jour  beac^  om 


à- 


'PlMity of  moJWT Midiiothîiigto  do  ! "  Min«i%«dalen ; 
"ihat  voald  b»  Miss,  Rachel  ;  but  thtt  li«k^N»it«|OÔiif 
knribftod  is  verydow^in  «9iiiingy«ttd  Fm  getti»^«r«»d-^^^ 

bnabandg  in  New  Yorlt,  wben  1ih«y  gïoF  auité  do^^erate. 
BIfWait  «ix  montha  XùH&t  and  if  he  doeôn't  corne  of  him- 
mâ-'^  iha  «nd  <^at  tini^  X^U  Bènd  tiro  ddlara  to  tfas 
BanOd  office  and  try  my  &ta  in  ^int."  _       ^  - 

Baohd  «hoûk  bar  li«ad.^«2tdleil^whed  harfooilg  lady** 

««HaTtïîâtience,  Btydaàr,  kall  oome/dat>aad  tipon  it 
I  wàs  twenty-èight  wbeir  I  got  iiMwried~yofli*Ve  tim^ 
enoagh  yet.  Lawa»  yci|3i  bè  «ick  itlroa  «a*  aay  more 
oandy»  and  xt*8  time  littlé  giria  ver©  in  bed.**  ^        — 

im  litUa  ohicCitt.  Como.  i:-pï#giîfe,"i^  put  you  to 
M  heiaelf»  and  thel>iggest  doll  ahatt  ^àep  vitb  you  au 

llagdalott  bora  Tm  o2  and  it  wa»  a  loag  timo  befora  sha 

oamedown.    When  sba  did  ^a  radiaaoehad  le»  ber  iaca 

and  bar  obaaka  yere  W^^^ijIlJiP;      „  .       .^    «  i.^ 

«*  I  hâve  baen  ainginfr  liaÉiPPaleep/'  ^^  »id  »  "  sha 

is  ^éaping  witb  doUy  bnggad  tightin  her  ami,  and,  ob, 

^^   e       .        J  ^.î^^bVmotberiaiharfaeal*» 

«ha  daea  look  lika 


Baobél!  th«è is aaoh a.1 ., 

"  Yea,"  Baobel  aaîd,  Tery^niotly, 
bar.    îJotatairUJttihiinl'^  -        .^     .^       .      ^, 
^mg!bànk  God  shê  does  uot  !  *"  the  girl  onad  paanonatoly» 
■"«Ihrdaar.''  ■ 

^«  i  teU  yoa  I  sboald  1 1  ôonld  not  btlp  it  M  wonld  iae^ 
get  sho  WaaXaoraVohildilahabadthatwoMlai'a.iaôa^ 
and  I  aboirïd  bâte  her  as  I  àata  Mm  I  " 

**  &nl^  ay  dear  1  **  veiy  mnob  ahocïrod* ,  _  v 

"Oh,  dan't  talk  to  ma  ir  |Cagdal«*  «IwL  ^  «Id»  »i»* 
gàt  aomatiaaa,  thoagb  aafor  foijgallQOg,  and I  abiiqr  my- 

mU  ter  it  l  Two  yo^^Jif  <>J<>?g  t^i^4?  Sl^STJrildt 
attd'^^ljFati-  -Wban"  i-  4ww*K^-w^«»r  tt™cnâi»î--«--awi,  i^^^^s.*  - 
Two  yaara  and  Ho  naarer  ftnding  t)^  ▼iUalii  tiia»  iha  day 
LattMi  vaa  hdd  ialber  «»Ta  l  "       v  , 

«  Bttt»  «^  <*ad^  W^t  oai^fwi.^?  »  li  ifl|  J«wf 
ftmtjhr^^  -  ^  '■■^■■■■- 

«lîo,  h^fo»  luMNri.    I  hwt^^t^^       l»i»-I  >»•»• 


J^i 


.-^1 


M^eBAi^orfi  yow« 


■  \ 


^     ,     ^^--  —/Wajm  __  ,_ 

Q&tiV  X  am  teinbted  to  ffive  np  in  degpair.'' 

'  Better  Boyiaear  ohif*     *    '* 

'N«ywP'  Magdiaei 
tte  twilight.  "îfew  wûue  lûviiie  laswi  i  wiii  Keep 
the  vow  I  made  besid»  mv  dead  sister's  grave,  or  he  orl 
shall  T^tiiKh  Oive  np  ?  I  tell  yon,  Racheî,  when  I  thmk 
of  idytatheTi  my  ôister,  niy  brother,  my  hâte  and  my 
wrengs  burn  in  my  heart  àilâ  dri?e  me  nearly  mad  1  *' 
^She  twd  up  an4  down  like  a  yoang  lioneas,  her  eyee 
waamg,.  lier  banda    clenohedr^  fioroe    young   Kem^ 

''Btft.  Magdalen,  this^it  aU^t«rj  wrong,  tery  wio^^»» 
▼ery  nnohristian  I  "       ^  ^  •  ™ 

"  I  don't  believe  it  I  A  Hfe  for  a  life  was  Jebotah*» 
command.  It  is  justice— and  justice  shotild  be  done. 
thongh  theheaTenaîalll'*       .  *  r 

"  Àb,  Magdalen,  be  merbifol— be  womanly  ^  iKota  lifo 
for  a  hfe,  but  «  Vengeance  is  mine— I  wUl  repay.'  *^ 

"Dôn't  talk  io  me—don't  !"  the  girl  eiclaimed,  pas- 
Bionately.  "  Yon  cannofe  feel  aaj  feell  It  was  my  &ther, 
my  sister,  my  brother,  who  were  done  to  death  I  Oh,  my 
md  V*  she  orjed,  raising  her  olasped  hànds,  <*  hear  me  t 
Hdp  mè  t$  flrid  this  man  f  - 

There  wa»  a  panse.  The  «Id  woman  was  awed  by  the 
impassioned  Tehemence  and  despair  she  oonld  not  oom- 
prëhénd. 

^  **Tûn  never  will,"  she  said,  at  hwt  ;  "yon  neter  will 
flnd  him.  He  may  be  dead,  he  may  be  at  the  other  end 
of  the  nniverse,  he  may  be  in  prison  for  life  ?" 

"  He  may  I  he  Inay  be  !  bnt  he  also  may  not  be  I  Yoa 
and  Kïre  aUre— why  not  he  ?  It  is  not  that  makee  me 
fear— makes  m©  déspair.  It  is  that,  if  J  met  him  to-mor- 
'»w,  I  shonld  not  knowhimr-^if  I  stood  face  to  face  with 
him  this  honr,  I  shonld  not^  r^eç^ixe  Lattra's  destroyer» 

^  ;:^]iA  "^  y**"  il ig j'allai  flfl  \m  wwl^**^nj|ii  H  ^Tftf  Yillll3Jf  wMlt  X  ICllOW 

Abont  him.  His  nam^  bis  hair,  bis  irhitteii»  aÛ  wera 
false— yoti  might  hardly  kooir  him  yon>self  II  yon  met 

ï*ïï  î#*l°'  }  ^^K  ^*^  ■^  *7^  ^»  "i^  îieardihi»  v^c^ 
Jiçlâ  lin  hand,  and  leffc  him  nôltiing  the  wis^«    I  mmioie 

W^^  àensationM  n^mbaiiiliiMl^diMttthiitfeoiila 


THB  MAlK  OH  MKaiiBt^  ABM. 


/ 


jgor^àà  with  oonTeiiieat  stmvbeny  niMrks.    ïhereieeiiMi 
nommg  left  for  me  but  giT6  ap  ifk  despair.'' 

S^ef»nk  dct^wn  #earim  bat  looked  aronnd  the  same 
instant  in  snrprise,  tôt  old  Bachel  had-started  to  her  f^t., 
ail  at  once,  violeiitly  excited.       -  ' 

"  The  mark  !  "  ilie  dried  ;  *  ■  the  mark  I  I  nerer  thonghi 
«f  it  bef^re  I    The  mark  on  Bfanrioe  Lacygley's  arm  I  " 

Vfhtnk  vàtak.  ?**  question^  Mi^alen»  breathlesely  ; 
«'  !irhat  mark  f  Ôpeak,  I^aohél  I  One  by  whioh  I  may 
know  Bim?*' .  ♦    >  .--^      > 

**  One  by  which  yon  n^l^  'knovr  bim  amooig  a  thonsuid 
«^  mark  not  to  be  mistaken.  ï  xeoollèct  it  as  w.ell,  àf  ter 
three  years,  as  it  ît^bad  been  three  honra." 

"Tbank  IfeavenI''  Magdalen  ferrently  eacclaimed; 
«  thauk  beaven,  I  mày  tben  find  bim  yet  I  Tell  me  %bat 
itiBlike,  Raohel?'*  '  ^- 

«i  It  waa  by  mère  aooident  I saw it/*  said Bacbel ;  "and 
yon  migbt  meet  Manrioe  Langley  a  million  times,  aÉid 
never  bave  au  opportnnity  of  eeeing  bis  arm.  It  iras  oiie 
day  be  hàd^sligbtly  sprained  bis  wrist,  and  Ihad  unfast- 
ened  bi8,abirt  sleeve  and  roljcfd  it  np  to  the  elbow  tô  notir 
vater  on  tlie  sprain.  Thftt  was  how  Isaw  the  mark. ''^ 
.  -   **  And^bat  was  it  like  ?  " 

^  *»Like  nothing  I  eyer  saw  betere.  It  was  no  nàtarsA 
mark— it  was  Ûtfcooing,  and  oovered  almost  tbe  whole  in^ 
Bide  part  of  tbe  arm,  Setween  elbow  uid  wrist.  It  WM  so 
enri<^8  ^at  Willie,  and  Lànra,  and  I  fçrgot  for  a  wbile 
•U  abont^he  sprain  in  ezamining  it" 
-  **  Well  ?** 

V  «*  First,"  said  Racbel,  "  there  wSra  Sortof  w:reath,  don» 
in  bine  ink,  grapes  and  ieates,  qnite  pwfect.  Insiâe  tbe 
wreath,  doue  in  red  ink,  there  was  a  heart,  witb  a  daggi^ 
throngb  it,  and  drops  falliug  like  drops  of  blood.  Bnr- 
monnting  this,  in  black  ink,  was  a  big  <»pi^  i^tièr  ^  B.' 
An#^,  now  I  think  of  it,  *  B  '  innst  ha? e  beôn  tbe  initial  of  . 
bis  family  name,  thongb  he  explained  it  aw«y«t  tbe  time» 


He  langhdd  over  it,  and  said  a  sailor,  with 
illnmi^><Kl  in  tike  manner,  had  tattoofad  it  wben  b«  was 
a  bot.  B«tif  «Ter  yon  see aniMn|^i^  tbi^l deiRiee (wbioh 
i«n*^likely|,  ydîi  may  kiMm  mtmÊÊm^  M  ^t  am  i» 
Ifaarii^  Itaos^ey." 


M 


MAOBj 


«orne  distiftorSM  at  fô    A4)^ît*î2i^îd  tt  SSÉS' 

w  «-iî  î^ /«^li'f^y-  Yott  might  nV^  nnàetih^ma^ 
wxa  with  hua  iorjwn  and^iieTer  see  timt  m»rk.  oCW 
dear,  gire  nd  thiùking  aboutit  I    Bé  hiçpy yoibe&r» 

'No,  Haohôl-^iiol"  l^alen  gai^  refttlatalyt  «t 
I  «ed  ^niwwnr,  irilà  b^ vow «iifuîfflfed;    Be^mrf 

«^th«*  w  a  jwj  wid  aftffi  aboyé,  I  wiD  unet  th«t 

^at  moment  I  do«%t  H  Jm  iiroàld  bat»  known  agaS 
Jejaliii^y«d,    genUe^vwBed    giri  ^f   Mn,    fiow»d% 

-  Old  BaoM  ii^bed,  fcwflîy,  Sbo  kti^w  it  wm  ail  Téf» 
wickad  and  jnwomaply,  thii  wiïd  tîûk^f  m«iige  j  bot  sS 
Jcnew,too,theindom%bteiiiitiiTOof  h©rnii«l&tf.  When 
fbe  spoke,  lïer  wfxtii  wm  ^OiinMao^  atid  tar  «^  tM 

'£hB  twiligbt  bad  faded  onjfein  <aie  pale  gnÉMÉc^  iiid 
<m  th^  edgïrof  a  ttruquoiae  ikt  gUmimii  '*^^™™^  *^ 
taoon,    She  roM,  to  draw  tbd  «m^tmin  «ad 

'Oiydéar!    AtiSfebowl    Whére?" 
'*  To  Laata's  grave.'' 

Wilh  toat  anawe»,  th»  giri  i«ft  tlw  tmu«  abd  wmH  «»- 
H^s.^  J^T«  mmates  ktar,  ind  ska  paMa4  oui  t^MS 


/ 


t 


«AMI  OV  tiÛSlQmrB  ABlt  jK 

dooTj  drearod  for  hOT  wa^  nuwe  sighed,  and 

«  î  y»«^  sho^.  didn^t  rememÎJer  sa  well,"  she  said  to  heiw 
(BQlf.  *'  She  wiU  mm  her  wbole  life  with  thi«  mad,  un- 
chrisfcian  Bc^heme  of  revôégpl,  I  know  that  iie  deaervea 
punighwexit,  if  ever  maa  deserved  it  ;  but  jt  is  madness 
lw^b«Br  wWnk  »h«  will  meel  bim>  and  kxiow  him,  and 
uifliot  it,    I  wiÉh  fba  wottld  e? w  lorget  I  " 

Vain  wi^l  J^^alen  Mw^  nevér  forffet, 

never iOT©m  Xoa  «jould  read  tbat  in  tbe  ir«l«  rigiditjp 
of  ber  fa.ee,  in  the  dusky  ire  of  hor  ejea,  as  ghe  waiked 
•toig  W  t^  sUfery  nxKMiliglt,  to  b«r  aiitor's  grate,  Like 
•hâ^ed  gl«>ato  in  Qre  aolenm  llgbt  xoti^  np  tiiegbktly 
•^MttçBiii  ^  IbU  tiiere  wa»  no  sopi^itionB  fear  inihe» 

•*-  natfra,  and  aho  ^wOked  tÉëadiîy  oor*»  thè  tbree 

^^^^^r?^^^'^*»^^  »f  poor  Miter  r  ahe  sadly  mnr^ 
^iirM,  ifa«  alow  tears  VUling  np.  ^  What  a  weaiy  tknè 
▼Ott  b«te  Iftin  iïi  yonr  inia?eBiBâ  graVe  I  I  bave  triées  ob, 
bebveg  iaaomâ  bow  ardenay  I  to  meei  tbe  mm  wbo 
TfTonged  yon  ao crnôUy, andtried in  mlb^  Bnt  some  day, 
^l^r  or  lateTj  I  wilî  orois  bia  path—ï  wili  ètan^  befoàre 
^m;.b|tao6nger,yoii7Meiigerl    And  tben,  L«iii^--«ad 

Nearlj^«a  boîir  tdi^,yrbmAé  itiU  knelt  4ere,  beed- 
toM  boir  tbe  momente  sped,  a  hand  f ell  npon  ber  sbonir 
•"^  }^^î^  **P'  she  gaw  ber  f aitbf ul  nnrsei.  jp 

^Tbiàkfng   »tia,  «tîr   dear  ?»   Baobel^said,  »w. 

^  ail  abou#  r '  and  abe  riewed  witb  aad,  sombër  eyes. 

"  *  »"»  *h««t»»«f  of  tbe  mark  on  Kanrioe  LangWs  arm,** 
[     ^e.aaid.,   "Jïaobel^  I  don»t  know  how  it-ia,  bot  I  kate» 
|reientimeni^-^  eonriottim— tbat  I  wiU  neet  ^tA  msa 
W^cflongl''  ^^ 


88 


MAGlkLBir'S  VOW. 


'  \ 


Bt 


4^ 


.fer  for  thnonr  to^r^'  Mfp.  Barstono  had  beén  in 

tlïeater  or  sat  down  tA  ^î««  ^^'  *'  "®  Went  to  the 

.  W8J,  the  palS  &orïnd^^i  wf  ^^  «*Fter^  alongJBroad- 

then  men  iiaturally  take  au inte?^  ^^-^^  **"^    ^«fe 
liesses.    If  she  had  .iSôn  «fnlÏÏ^fi  ^n*^^  *onts'  gover- 

a  png  nose,  no  dStîtVfetVeefeî  ff^,^^*»^ 
The  Jun€f  wèather  WM  af  SîiL-^M""*  {¥'»'*>«• 

^^ectedintheyâS^*^^^^^ 
distrait,  not  to  sav  glooraraS  ïf thlf;,  %*  M»»  Wayû^ 

tioed  this  presently  and  J&v^^^lSJtlL  *    v  \  ^*«<:<»ne  no« 
thonght,  'Und^nerW?  ^o-  î  ®"i*  »»  <^h«  l^onntry,»  ET 
won't  bore  hér  teUdng  «      '^"^^  ^^  ^**^'|  *h%»  so  I  - 

k-jJn^«ometfiiSto«^        °  «w'^g  «lô  caraiid 


i»  mmmà,  ^ 


Eut  Um  Wftvn©  iras  not  ravenous,  and  onlv  wanted  a 

Jeyelf  «ntil  the  bell  rang,    ste  had  thrown  b^îkîeî^eif 
J^  her  face  lookçd  sad  à^d  dowuoasfc  as  sh^^JLSbw 


sharp^^corners  of  thia  c^M  ;irorid  :  but  ter  a  bi2 
deh^H  créature  liketiiat  I  Tdo  think  «  mnaS^theÇÏ^ 
pr^r  yrelevantly,  -«hé  bas  the  mo«|.b^ffî 

^fti\^*ïï^'  i***®  **'  *ï«  ®»^y  af ternoon  the  passentfew 
for  MiîlfMd  got  ont  at  the  junotion.    There  wSTmTS^ 

17^^  .^tN  'or^^Mr  Bàritone        histmSnJS 
^e  jxçjained  away  that  little  circnmstance.      ^       ' 

»i,nîi^°«**'^-H7  <''«n»Pi*»g  it  18  to  the  énergies  to  sita 
whole  day  m  the  cars,  and  I  thonght  you  wouldlikotî 

MM,  m  considérable  embarrassment,  *«  as  the  walfc  from 
tibe^nncùon  to  the  tow«^ 

«.m  ^l^'"  ^^  ¥^  ^*»«*  accepting  hia  proffèred 
•^"b      Hftw-Tery  «iiioJgr  yonr  MilIforS  isT»      ^™""^ 

î^  iW^a"i{f  *  *^"^*"«'*°d  hnstling  place,  I  aSal^ 
you,  thourfi  rathor  grimy  on  the  face  of  it»    It  is  ahvLw 

îi!£î  <>?>tY^ay>nd  -Siinday  aftern^ns:  whên  tÛ 
factoijy  ladies  tur^^  ont  and  parade  the  streck    The^ïî 

mn^  h„fÏÏ.fl£?^  two  dayathey  wash  np  and  corne  ont 
^ndy  buttçjflies,  m  çhincmg  8%  and  artiilcial  flowei 
^^m^^^l  har<|  j|p^,  and  Ve  Sties^  theT^S?- 
^J  the  whoIe,;ihey^look^^ 


i' 


M 


.■i 


idSto  aSUkfleak  «nd  hia  former  #omn»rtib?»W 

wiweut  thismoTôhig,  «^'3f  S^^il'^S^; 
«àfitt  FanAT»  ihe  tôt  nP,  Ae  ««ût  »»«  aw>T»  ^ï»  »»  **"" 


». 


eifcremity. .  Golden  Winotl 


.\,~ 


p^r". 


Mmmyfmà^wii 


•5Yoa  riiooM  »e4t  «imdi/  eT6nW«ft«féi^*ïï^^ 
le  Doonlstin»  ^  irniA^ ^r"y 


■y^i 


M^"  y»3^  l«nrfied  good.i»i 


old,  as  aft»  g^  în  îf^w  SgtanTnwiïbSa*  SSS^ 

W  tdT  &  |[;jflow£:nce«tor,;?dtS  ÎSSS^ 
iow  and  a  trille  3^,.  jrfth  wonaoc^^  «jd  diami 


01  «iinfc^yott  knoiT?*  »«S  1 

>Mwe  greenf 


'^J 


-  Th.«  Sa  tree  or  »  .ton.  or  •.  «»*•/ «'S'ii'  '^ 


■^1» 


'^S 


i^ 


'  i-v- 


ï^i^ Oh,  wben «he bey^MeaUmy  4»wm 

Oh,  whon  the  goM  fe  !î^  •"*  ^'^^ 
1  know  »  brow  wiU  wewrr- 

I  know  ft  taww^  ^nil  w«i»— ^ 


Bi«l«A«wly  ontting  !>«"*"*■  the  ntaM  ot  the  hooBe.» 


K 


.■witUà 
brown  haïr, 

likeeyeàand 


SmÏ  with  a  ittoitf  tnWfa  of  «^ 
;  *^^„n:.»  <>«n.^MMuiÀn  AfintonBe  i 


j^i-'.';;'t''.jiti."'- 


ootass  imjjom: 


/ 


and^  ^f 


tmp^. 


•    "  As  a  last  roonroè  airaitist  blue  dAvili_«»ta»i.    v*sr4 
*t>  yon,  Miss  Wintew.  ^i„  C4e  2ll^^ J^^.  **y^?** 

Mua  Winters^^g^  ont  her  masli"  kki^kàt^rHh^  *^ 

î^f*  *»"""'"«  P?gé8j«^  g.ne»llj  tom  «ÏÏ^J 

y4o  pôroeive,  emniates  vour  frî«nS  vt.  w  „    I    P«P"»  *\ 
J  Hayiiig  jtarviTed  Mra.  Hbwtlrd  a  vft*r   Tfii,vv-r 


«.■■■■ii 


j 


15. 


't- 


11 


Wittie  m  bis  gl WJ  P"*>*^ 


"l  lui  r  owuffifl  pnirhri  «ick. 


NI»i«ii^-^llPi^ 


^' 


ibiis,  JiiiP 


St  I  Min»'»  thîn  ^  ii  doesn't  Iode  thi^  jroa  Iczto^,  Itat  ift 
il»  and  I  do  most  o£  it  np  lu  troai — OGàaciKm  cuài^^ 
Goor^  caUa  '«m— and  it  doa't  take  but  ht^  to  ma!» 
one'B  vaterfalL    pon't  you  like  the  aewxtjrte  ?  **< 

Misa  Wi^Aè^s  «btutidaat,  glitteiiog  looks  were  wom  in  a 
Ahiniii|«  coronet,  coiled  aroond  her  eiAtelj  head. 

''  I  aad  it  more  couVenient  to  weftr  mine  like  i 
Wintera/' 

'^  And  •va'  ao  lunch  more  l)eoominç.  But  please  doti*i 
oaO  me  Misa  Wintera  :  n^bodjr  ever  doea  aà/âhdpt  Aaiti 
lîvdia  when  slîe'aoblda-me.  (Mï  me  fannj^utd^.^ 
pfeage  I  mây  I  oall  you  HagdaUn  ?  It  ia  anolx  a  ^w4^ 
pietty  name  \** 

**  Call  me  Hagdalen,  jby  ail  means  ;  I  gïoatly  prefer  M 
to  Misa  Wa3rBe.  I  belioTe  t  ijiall  aot  be  AbU  to  chuigi^ 
my  dreaar-my  tirank:iilM:not  fOtiTed.^ 

<'Itdoeànotma>tteriBibel<ttwt*''aaid  Ea^ny;»*'iher«, 
%ill  be  nabody  to  see  yojcij  yoa  know.     George  doean^ 
jbib#  oottôn  firom-  bnKsad      mea  are  aa  atapid  aa  cowa^ 
raoatly,  abwit  ktrîs'  Ariog*    Wbo  are  you  inmourmn* 
lori.Maffdalen^f"  ^^p. 

A  ^koioad  awept  ov«Qi^  tbe  lait  iaoe  ol  Misa  Wmlassi*^ 
Hgotïirtipa.  ■  •  •:.-..^,. '" 

,..,,    I*  For  iiy  £ft4b«i^«nd:«iater.'V 

-   voir,  yon've  loat  yonr  fatber^  then—a»  hare  I.     i$ 
yonr  motber  ialÎTe  ?'* 

"  My  mother  die^  wheii  I  wa8:;|i  obild. '* 

V  And  80  did  mvfi^^  «ried  JVuiny»  loolpng  obarmed  «1 
4^  «(ânddraioe,  ^'^ànd  vbâtefi^  wonld  liave  beoome  of 
me  withoat  Aaat  liydia,  Vixx  aare  I  don't  know*  1't« 
been  beie  ioar  years.  and  1  waa  a  dreadf ni  little  ignoi^> 
'  Mn^B  of  twelvé^  and  rve  bad  at  laaat  tventy  sovemeaset 
iinàe."  #  * 

<My^  P<MiR%P    Tvrenif  I"     ' 

'^IN^l,  yott  (^  eoine  «Cibeâi  irAN»  aaaty  otd  wmgL^ 
and  jome  of  tbdm  made  Ime  %>  Oeorge,  ana  aomemSiW^ 
Jmotrmnch  moré  tban  I  did  tttyaeit,  and  àc«toe— oh,  wé^f» 
hi^^Ajpnmûtà^iâmfiJp  1  can  ii&jron.    JfntX^^ 

anre  ymi  and|  îrlirgà»  a)W  Ifon  doi^ 

look  «a  if  yoxi  oonld  Ji)e  liroaa  ana  Inaay  watd  &Mie|ai<'' 


'^G 


^3 


'yon|t  annt  did  not  aend^on  to  aélrtiol*' 
likeif  6»  biif t  m»  at  boiqie.    I^  oompany  ftr 
her  YbiQ  MiB'a  ii^«ii4  aha^  r«iy  ibmd^i  mAmà  i«Ç^ 


*<rurô«der 
"No 


40 


iIAODALBN»S  VOW. 


f 


;ood  to  me,  althongh  she  scolds  oansiderabto^  lUiil  San 


frivolons.     Bat  then,  how  ig 


twa  or  three  ehades  pink^r,  8ii|idenl]r  ; 
often  Qowftdays.'' 

^'WhoiaFlia?''  .; 

"Aunt  LydiaV  other  nephéir,'*  fesponded  Fanny; 
•*  fae'8  a  doctor,  yoa  knov»  and  ne  pràbtîsel  in  New  Yorlf, 
He  was  faere  for  a  fortniffht  nntîl  yeslérday  whén  the  oicjL 
dootor,^  fais  partner,  teUtçràphed  for  his  retqrn.  They 
wy  Ws  like  George^  bot  I  oan't  see  it,  and  I  like  bim  a 
great  desJ  better  ;  he^  more  polite  and  gallantr  and  sings 
anddanoes  better.  George  nas  quit^aHttre  fortune  of 
bis  owu,  but  Ptiîl  bas  no^ing,  and  tbey're  ofpbans  like 
me,  and  Anni  Lydia  bronght  tbem  np.  George  is  ber 
fiarorite,  and  be  and  Phil  are  11^  twm  brotbera.  And 
now, 
been 


six."  i 


if  yoa're  ready,  Magdalen,  irell  go  doifn,  for  we'ye 
ohattâ^ig  till  ira  six  d^clook,  and  f  orderèd  snppet  at 


Mt^cbilen  smiled;    Tbe^batting  bad  been  a  Téry  onè- 
■ided,  affair,  and  Misa  Winteta  bad  ponred  fortb  tbei»> 
little  family  detiaila  with  a  TolabiI\ty  it  wonld  bave  beèn    '  ' 
cruel  tocbeck.  -    •'    ^  - 

Tea  vaa  ii^aiting»  and  so  traa  Mr.  Buatoiifi,,  ratl^r  im* 
patiently.  ^    " 

"IthoQgbtyoa  two  yonog  ladies  bad  retired  fortbe 
nîgbt,'*  he  said.    "  Miai  Wayne,  bas  Fannjr  been  giring      : 
you  tbe  antobiographj  of  onr  |amily  and   eyery  otb«r     ,^ 
lamily  ii|(.MillforadiriiAg  thelaat  honrf  |p 

**jyii£  Georget^jtfciiio  Miaa  Wintera,  reproaobfnlly,       ' 
^ÊÊÊâÊmi'f^t^'^  TMmi-. laida word  abont  theJggi.lUea 
for^f--iui  I,^tuulalen?    And  I  doyt  ttlMyoa 
ne«Nd  be  i&ya  tbro%g  wj)!!^  in  taf  face,  betiHpJ^oii 
l^nerally  itTe  a  wpm  deiu  tPm  youra^.    MfgdaJen," 

lifter  tea.    Xfa  BnolTk  deaf,  romantio»  diatnal  ]a|k]»fc  tbat  î     "f 
love  to  go  tbercr.    It  makes  mi^  am^  tbiiîk  ol  lône^  < 
ifturdera  and  vMàm  and  kind^f^iput  «me's  bkod,  yoti 

<'Âd  exoidtottt  YMMii  ior  takioff  Wm^mm^ibm/* 
.oéM' George  Bantott%gf»fi^.    ««illifi^g«ittTii«l^iiiUff 


snmosBDAi 


¥^®rf^^  ^K J^yaeU.    And  as  for  tniiraen  and  091. 
0i<to8,  ifc  i^  beeii  tho  scène  ormore  than  ono  trairedv  ' 
.    Supp«  6w,  th|  trio  left  the  house  for-their^nnî;r  t<» 

mILSI^*'   WUlow8-poetical   and    appropri£e/'^id 

cooçed;  npfonr  yews,  ite  beanties  begin  to  pXS 
-place  afc  «rst,  thongh  she  gbt  sick  enongh  of  if  afterf  S 

ri*    ^Aint  Xvdia  phaU  bave  no  peaœ  nntil  sbe  ^n- 
sentg  to  let  me  Wa  partt.    SheWn't  Ufce  w?r«M 
^1  «^«  »«8t.eon8ent  iflkîegon  tomenting  hKS 
enoogh.-  nïberfnto.mowp#.*  ^  ^ 

*i.^®î  ^«'f  .y»î«ng  down  lie  jppeen  ateniie  tiiat  Jed  to 
w^*'  ;Wle  Fanny  ohattereC  A  deUghifSàtenn? 
d^ed  and  oool,  wîth  birds  twittering  in^S  biînch«; 
ïânkï  ^^r°*  ^'  ^*^^  -"^*  «ho'«ting"ïthSÏ?'hi 
"  A  pleaaant  promwiade,  ig -H;  net,  Mnsa  Wayne  ?"  aaid 
Mr.  Bargtona,  Wuded  and  sentiiienS  anîtbat  IdSd 
<rf  thing.  tbig  ig  where  Panny  takeg^ywnSn  SS? 
whjn  .he  wantg  to  qnote  Tennyaài  and^wL  Mwedifhtî 
him,  and  cet  him  to  ihaka  tn»i  fA  1,*»,     t^s^j  JT- ^Zv" J^ 


S5en«i 


i^oIentlTj     -Am.'aBnamea  of  yon 
Wgrne  think  ?    If  Phil  and  I  do  1^  hère  go 
b|»«ww^  likea^to  gmoke  jndJKUîSZl 
mi^g^r  gmpke  a  bit,  anf  I-SfÏÏh  3^1 

J  don't  believe  «heli  «gr. toytffng of  the  wS:™  ^'. 


.) 


lALSBTO  TOW. 


ri: 


elanoe  «t  the  màoa.    "  1  do  ftoi  tik»  Bioonhflt,  of  _ 
&ii!ig8.    One  eoxM  wAmmt  iaaacf  ii  Teniee,  il  ih«i8  failU 
ve»  ytàndéêmA  th«  tree»  ^«rcbes  »uâ  tbe  Iake  »  ôanld.f 
aifiâr  tb«  «bsâoir»  g|«âo)«.    It  nnsfc  b»  |i|Mr  to  lire  îr 
VéDioe-HWMiikir  ^og^  Inridgw  6t  ngfa»  «lii  itiit»»  and 

foDdolAs  and  ibings.     Can  yo«  iiog  *Sow  Kert^Thé» 
[eï*,  Mt  Goridoliar/  Magdalen  ?    I  àpifi  m  Mootti'» 
IfelodiM,  thoDgli  Oeorge  mys  «ley'n»  >wvlri8h  anilb»r»> 
0lok.     But  then,  George  bas  no  mofe  soni  tbao  a  kMH 
«fool    I  date  mi,"  ssfied  Fannr,  wUii  a  ni»«l!fiM^  ' 
^ee  al  ibe  gen^toQum,  «'b^lronU  ^e  to  .u*dIw^  mH - 
uiniite."    .      «      J 
"  I  G«ftaiDlj8lMiiild,''t%ond^  Mr.  B$nUmBr^Tùmpk\j. 
-n|L  witb  mm  Wéynera  WfTtiàuhé,  ïwill.    May  ïf 

..^SwandttMitifo»»        .    ■  ,- 

It  was  nearly  uine  wben  À«y  letniped  to  tbe  boiiMy  f 
«Bd  Magdaloiietiiredatoiice^ntiredwitli  tbe  fag  end 
ôl  atone  où  h»  )ip»  and  a  bapp7  0ow-ai  hff  béort»  to 
ileeîmoiradlyai^»wee*Jy«i»*irëd  cWld. 

Sbe  aroiolirte  nm%  miraiag,  and  e|«.  die  lutd  teuM 
dressibgFarinyVToice  wa8bewfdatiihedo«r: 

♦•  Are  yo»  «p  yefcp-iiâgdal»  f  B^MOMy  rf  yoa.are,  I 
-«viitf  le  eome  id*'^       r 

"  Conie  in  tbeB,^  .  .> 

Mitfr  mnier»  entered,  Ti^péûMnla  in  élean  •(•reliaè 
miKlio  and  flntWring  witb  t»nlc  ribbons,  bw  iaoe  arebibâ 
witb  good  bnsMNT,  oold  watç  iMd  boncoT  mp- 

«jfcHoir.  did  Toa  ile0|>P*  tequired  tbe   yonpg  gnrl;  ^ 

vge  i«  mikâsem;  •^|J5>«^5?»Î^*»^^»  J^ 
itwf  desaêiaed^     '^""^"^'^ 
wbîstling  to  tb0 
«fier  tfbe  meel  bo  _^ 
ford,  ftftd-îtSiiy^^  *o?» 

^isa  BarsUrae-^er  Aii»i  Jj^"^  ^:.%»¥*îl "* 

ffe^and-forty—waa  seeted  *forlit|if(MatàaiJi^^«r 
«ittewd  tbe  room.    A  laig^  ifartwiiwt,  wotÉ  «b»»M»l»iy 

San  *  rteejHng  toom,  pie^  *tf J^'Sl^JSfîffi 
flowèn  aod  >rd»  vfTyw\^gpf-}im  Bfn^g^*«jPtti 


V<^ 


^  to  Ô9d 

beiralled.    , 

!ooty  i^  bis  4lf99ft 


Jwdy,  witb  w 


t  ^^^^r  ^Sr^^  v^^^P^  ^^5^^^^^^^=^*^ 


DÂ1 


^ 


^    greM    Mêgdàim 


iDôatih-]^  «mt  lier  Hand 

«Twi  are  Jfi^r  Wayné?    flow  db  you'do,  «ny  dear? 

tJ^f^î?  Beated  herwlt    The  nearebiB^  Joofe  o«  fh« 

lïoped  he  wonld  étey  /<»  the  rammen    Mt  d€«?  whi^ 
very  pretty  gîrl  you  kre  !  "        """*««r'     ^J  a««*  wli»t  a 

fi4dalen  Wp|«*4u|d  knghei 
^  ,  Q«org©  and^iMy  botti  toM  no,  tmfc  lMtilvdîdri'fc«iî.1 

n      ^fe^^W-a^^^eadâlmed  Fanày.  «Ui  Joiov 
Gw^etddnfiMi^hi»l^ter.    Shç'éeight^^  ^^  *^^*^ 
100  jonng  1  too  yonng  I    And  joii^t«  been  a  ti^vemén 
TV7TI  ^^  ^«^ ««ng !    îfg a.ha*dttâS^S? 


«<■ 


y^ 


«  v"^  ff^  arô  att  orphan,  Misg'Wayne  ?* 


Sî/i.    ^'«l V^»™^  «»««  hope  «Ter  S  «ee  hk     ^  ' 
W}.**^^t^  aie  i$  an  oïblMm,  toS    H^awS^ 


?%■- 


4â 


HÂGBALESrB 


rith  ttagdalen,  111  take  her  ont  for  a  driva,    tt^' 
w)iile  oommenohig  >to  stady  In  the  ff^  end  opl  ^Ùi» 


■nr\ 


âone 
woirti 
•  weeL  .,  .  ,  ^  .     .      .,,..„ 

Shè  |)ore  uer  off  ioto  her  own  maiden  bower,  àll  oxie  Itto 
..ter  of  idb.am8»  norels  and  half-finiabed  fanojr  workj  whilè 
'  8he  flressed  for  the  drive.  <       ; 

0^  their  way  dovn  she  flnng  open*waother  door,  diB» 
do^ng  a  large,  elegantly  f  amished  room,  handaomer  than 
ttuy  Mt^dalen  had  yet  see^; 
^      **Thi9  ig  ihe  apare  rooim,''  said  Paçny  ;  "never  to  be 
liséd  until  Phil  or  George  get  married.    Ira  sacrëd'grcMinâ» 
.^^^a^-dedieated  to  thé  future  Mra^  B."  ^^ 

■j^'  Xt  ïB  very  prettyl'^  aaid  Hagdale>n;^  càrelesaly.    *'  When 
lait  liketyJso  beoooupied  ?*  ' 

,  " Vm  aure  I  don*t  know," rèplied Mite  Wintier»,lfliaking 
hér  curla,  "  George  wifl  îive  and  die  a  crnât^  maaty, 
cpuiky,  crosa  old  Imôh^or,  aaid  as  iàt  Phil— \réli;  I  oan'fc 
my.    Half  the.girl^  iorHulford  are  dying  for  him.^ 
"  Fanny  Winte'rs  among  the  numper  r  " 
''  Konaenae  I  "  aaid  Fanny,  very  pink  of  face  indeed* 
f'*  There'a  Bill  waiting  with  the  horae  and  bqggy.    Corne 
on— i'il  <8hov  ail  thaPs  worth  Bfaôwing  in  the  ijieighboi^ 
^,|iood."  ■        ^""'-y-      .   -^ 

\  It  waaji  nlèaaant;  day,  the  first  of  many  piquant  dàyt. 
And  Magdalen  ÂUward'g  nev  lifé  hegan  nnder  a  anmmér 
sky  withoat  acload^to  be  ail  the  blacker  whentheoldiid« 
came.  .'-■■- 


CHÀPTBB  VIL 

HB.  AABBTOirV  TAUUS  IV  lOYS. 


kyi#ttitlOM» 
e,  oalnpi  and 


.        .  Jtrxrs  paaaed—Jaly-oAtignst  oame.    !JDhe 
p  ^  , ,'  •  ]dacid  dreama  i  Mf^dalen  **  sat  in  siinshi 

aweet/' and  waa  happy.     r    "^  -7  , 

ïhd«.k^fe=JE»¥  irood-i»Jifflr-at  Qoldea  WiUoiit  i  Hiai 
Barstoné  ITM  the  Aoat  indolgentof  old  ihaid?  and  eoK 
ployero.  '  Fanny  iraa  the  lazieat  and  be8t4eniDered  of ^tollf, 
wMt.  George  Baratone-roh  I  to  his  UAnd  thcore  |iite 
thipg  elae  nnder  the  atainry  ali^  half  ao  m^j  a*  Faany'f 
„  mneaa  !  Golden  Willowt  had  idwayi  btfBB  a  idaaMfii 
^^ptp  the  young  lawjMr^  Imt  »  haa  nertr  ^^ 


ri'^u;,y>t  '-rly 


MB.  BABSTONB  FALLS  m  I^VB.  ak 

^j^^M^fl^^  of  déliât  ahootinr 

.f  ^?  *-î»ke  the  trouble  to  aiialjze  them~he  McenïdlK 
^  yidthe  State.ofOonnefticut^^t  &^^ 

•«?ïi*^.^*^?®  H  ^^^^f  dàres  ât  her  ehariot  vheels 
«y  her  Snnday  aftemoons  sitting  in  the  hûrh-b^keS  nS 

V»f  îi  S?^^  "**i**i"f-  ****^  «o-handsome  in  ail  the  place 
Misa  WayiM*.  and  haft  a  Hn«on  ««k  «,;ii  ^"JIIJ.^J'***'® 


-'^•,' 


fefeliî^^^i^?^^»^ 


to  falï  JkÎ»  #«I7  -i  -^  ""^  ™"*  owners  were  roSd 

^«wî    af^"****'  ^?t  MisslTayne  never  i^ke  thafc 
one  Word.    She  waa  «racioua  to  aU,  in  aoneenly  £rtofîra» 

-  Xftere  waa  one  gentleman— not  a  rich  sentleman  eithar 
-who  aeemed  ratSer  a  favorite  with  the  StSy  Mwrdri^ 
H'^ewr.  ^e  had  not  wealtb-he  wm  a  I^^Sfc 
^^^^}^^  ''^'^  ''''^  ^««»*'»'  «  vé^o^teTSltS 

lo^l'Si^S'i^  ïf  *??*'  thia  Mr.  Frank  Hawilton  r 
nLSd    MW  w'^®  Oonnt  L«ra,  or  the  Oorsair,  oTOhûdi 

hannt^  Qolden  Wilîowa  lik^an  nn^y  Q*  a^  \^ 

«rowled  m  BaratoneT^SIShinff^^^fwîS^L 
-ffiîl^d^  f  y^'  «nd  hS^nrSrVS?*  r^ïl  \^ 

îelFoiÏÏy;?J^*?*J  **rlao|Milifordhatè^^ 


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Milt«  Ml  îdiofc  ol  lienell,  for  é  ttir  joI  4irlE^  «^  «iuL  « 
ilmiglit  noift  f*  ' -  r   ' .;;.  .  .    " ;  t: ...  ->. 

Ht  BéoB^eù»,  "wiA  IM  lumûa  àêep  M  li%  piiit«Ioip|p, 

Sioii»te»  iâiW  tip  ftnd  âcnn|,  hts  nnotara  Ske  *  oage^  IM 
9  liad  jnst  seen  Miàs  wayne  go  lyf  ^e  win^ir>  wjjÉi 
the  1f«iiâ0eiiie  di^t^gcxicli  f^etk,  talking  «s  aninàtoi'**^ 

-"  How  lov^eljT  she  looked,  and  i)o«r  hi^|^^  she  leeiiK 
groaned  ^^te^  in  despair  ;  '^^nd,  after^all,  tbbagh 
nay  stitib  miH  ovnen,  wHti  eànàj  bair  and  png  noee»»  who 
knows  what  e£Pe(it  this  noodie's  Oreoian  profilé  aod  melan- 
ehply,  d^peamj  eyea— as  Fanin^  oalls  'em — ^may  kare  QfK 
im  her.^  Hang  hit  melsaokoly»  dreamy  «7«d  !  I  widi  b0 
iras  teA  fAthoms  deep  in  tiie.  Oonneotiimt  t  Qirl«  aï»  ai 
mûj  as  geese,  and,  fehdogli  îfiss  Wajn»  seenTs  scosible^ 
I't0  s<r^onbt  she's  as  \jm  an  tbe  worst  where  Gr^iaa 
xifises  and  blàok  eyas  are  oaaeemed.  I  daro  ^lay  shell 
^'ig  benpell  away/on  tfaia  diyjgoods  JLooQ.ùmsA  tak« 
tnm  ai  loir»  in  «  cottagsy  Uke  tbe  «Hiest  driffTdr 
amôug  tbami  Love  ini  a  oottaoe  }  tmé  baok  rooms  in  9 
tenement  btfnse,  ht^^^^oai  buti^r  aad  «eakvtea  three 
iimes  a  day,  patçlEtéirulmtet  aad  hirtt  a  dosen  dirl^^lMwd 
ébildfim}    Babr*"  . 

With  wbioh  expression  of  dî^nst,  lUr,  Bantono  Èvng 
bimself  iato  ^is  oÉiee  ohair  and  M^wïeà  vindiôtiroly  at  ^ 
opp09iMr  vidl.         "^ 

^ni^^nâ  if  she  does;  what  dilUKrence  doee  ilr  maka  io  91e.  f  ** . 
Iptllkotigfafc;  "what  basiness  is  it of  iniii4.,^^>|Eiss  Wayné 
oliooéee  to  m&ttf  tbe   Kiag  «I  tb<»  MPlil  IsbnMk  f 
Oeorge  Barstone,  voa  are  a  greator  fod  tiHUi  yoiir  frîtndi 
take  yon  to  be,  «id  yoii're  w 4ov»  agilia.''. 

-Mr.  BaAtone^  empbasiaed  tbe  "again/'aatie  very  w»tt 
ttîght  ;  for  being  m  love  had-beenhis  fionnàl  ■taie  evtf 
ïpinbe  he  had  left  oit  mnndi^b<Mts. 
-  In  Ne#  York  be  fell  in  loye  with  ballet  girl»  and  ao- 
'toesses  and  ali  manner  ci  objeetionabl»  Mog'  iromwi,  «od 
is,.Minf!»id  ba  bad  soconinbed  to  tbe  (»i»ttfta|-ft^M^JL_ 
êoé^ût  înd  raid  rowrked  attention  tolÊ^WËnSn^Smi^  ^ 
111^  greattset  neiress  and  tbe  beat^tooking  gin  In  townu 

m^  .^r.  j^  ^j^jj  smiled  npon— tbeoonia» erll^l^ ' 

*i.  as  »  niîUaani--HN>  sBBO0ti]3y»  iadeefljrl^ 
aUpp!*  «ai  e{  lofe  m  «wQt  aibe  iHk^ 

^  "^Ba^M     ^^  jJt4tâ^<^  I  W^â^  ^Hdli    Ifefe^^     ttbi^ 


MB.  BASSTDïnB  É4XX8  HT  LÇVIk 


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_*Ç:  "**»*»?•  •!»«»*  a  OMBéràWe  fmd  anbiiamegft-like ^v 
ngw«^n'«  pr^^peaiB  of  sncoesi.  /'«»-«► 

Jgr,    Hi*  tore  w».  no  oWkr'«  pl»r  tiiit  Si^  M^^SL^. 

througfi  the  amber  tnist  of  the  aaieL  Vith  the^SS 

George,  ;<  and  I  d«^%  ^5;  Sft  E«S^ 

wortj  teg«ettiii«r.    I  donV Waot  é  wife,  ansiov     A  wj&  f 

lad?  S  î^ J*^^  Z?*r^^-Sle^d^e  j?^ 
ïïy^L^'^*i>«^y«>  ray  WrthdaT.Sdrïhjîti^ 


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tfAGD  ALENES  VOW. 


Aunt  Lydift'g  iwt  of  pearis  ;  ànd^oh,  George  \  wont  it  be 
loTely?" 

uHIbs  Wintew  pansed,  her  face  as  radiant  as  the  sanset 
filcyr-  Mr.  Bafstone  listéned,  stoioall/.  ^ 

"l8  8U|>perreSay?V  h(B«8ked. 
'  "  Y«»,  teady  this  half  bônr— and  llagdalen's  in-  there 
émbroidering  me  a  handkerchief.  Lwanted  her  tq  help 
me  wrfte  tlie  inyitations,  but  she  said  you  were  the  most 
snitable  pei?^.  Oh  !**  orièd  Fanny>  dasping  her  hands 
aronnd  his  ar>,  and  loolring  àp  at  him  with  big,  shiniçg 
.^*    l*J  ^^^  ^^^^  what  to  do  with  myaell,  Vm  bù 

rj^.   Bantone  rem^ined  rigidlT  grinu      He  went  % 

jiper  ai^d  fonnd  Magdalen  seated  at  one  of  the  Windows; 
^nq|pg  oyw  her  work.  "  She  looked  up  with  that  bril- 
liant  imilé  the  yonng  laWyer  tbongbt  the  most  beantifal 
thingtjn  earth.  ' 

.  "rve  l^en  telling  George  ail  about  the  party,  Magdalen," 
ezclaimed  Fann^  as  they  sat  down  to  supper,  ,*,*  and  he*0 
going^  ïjrrite  ont  the  inTitations  directly  aiter  itea.  Isnît 
it  too  bad,  George,  Pl>il  can*t  corne  down  ?  What  will 
yen  wear,  Magdalen  ?    Black  ?"     /; 

{*  Black,  of  coarseH— I  havé  aothing  dse." 
.    "And  ydn  know  it  becomes  yoxi,  yoih  sly  Magdalen. 
Blondes  aïways  look  their  best  in  black,  don't  you  think 
8o,  George  ? '^  i 

"I  tWiik,*'  ] 
oerity,-  " 


_,     rèplied  Jjfeorge 
MissjWàyne  plks  her  best  inanythiiî^" 


Barstone,  with  grare  sin- 


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ijiottnoed  for  my  oomplexion  and  hair.  Ifs  red— -I  know 
it  18— and  I  hâte  red  hair  I  Ail  the  heroinés  of  novela 
havegoldett  haïr,  like  Magdalen,  «iLtar  black,  likè  Ella 
CN>ldj!tmn  ;  and  the  f air  ones  nséd  to  orgood,  and  the  dark 
«meslijtt  bad  ;  butthey^ve  rey^orsed  th«t  xila  uito«  <  X^y 
^jxm&yJ**  ■    ,,#.-  ,/  ^•"  /" -•  ■ 

.  Mr*  Baràtone,  stilL  jander  a^  çlondy^  ewufflitad^ 
mself  nsejfni  after  t&à  and  write  ont  î'anny's  |pLVitfli^ink 

^.  fcer  ail,  poor,  imbécile  l'nâik  Hamilton  waa  tt^  to  b^ 
pitiéd  thâti  Wâmed,  for  fallinff madly  in  lomwitli  tbia 
atarry-eyed  diviniiy  who  gferifed  Golden  Willowt  %  hâr 

^pfeaéttûeJ    It  wm  nofe  in  liiiBaii  aatare  to  dootttttttjy^»^^ 


:Ji,-    1IB.JAB8T0NB  FAEM  IN  VOVK         :« 
'      "Sot  antil  jroii  put  dairn  Frank  •>  «M  ir.       " 

'Cfkf^  lit..,  îô.?^*^^^-^-.,'^^-^»*; 

good  ter  «Lg  Sr»"^^^^^  «,*  of '(.r^'i 

the  aoor  behind  hi«.  TSm^ab  Ï12""'  "'•""'nï 


^wiii^i*^  siNsl^«f^^^»w. 


Vnmieto  te  fcwé  i^  yon^Hftid  Getfiig*  !•  jeiloiii  «I  % 
Turk!" 

"Tbè  truth,  MiSs  Wayptf.    Don't  you  sjappoBé  I  tmf^ 
m inmjJwÉd ;  «ad th«f « w&y poor Fnmk tt « coooeitw* 
^  «oodle,  and  oaa*t  ootae  to  the  piwty.    Hecant,  I  rappoji* 
tt  George  kwàÉ  gpnïw>y-and  if  a  «  ^opaand  mti«a,  for 
Wb  the  Bi««rf«notr  f ^  faww— «xo€^  Phil— «nd  lo  hawi- 
aoma  tUi  it*»  •  i^oasni^  to  look  at  him."         ->         ^ 
Miw -Waynte-oent  «nddenly  ovôr  h«E  woric,  and  lier 
'  ekaeka  waw  ti»  colw  o<  Fanny**  gtefaïaari,  a^  h«r  heart 
ttt'iii  a^atter  of  ti«iimlon«  Wua.    Why,  allé  beat  knew, 
«So  we  màat  laaftf^pooTr  daar  Fraiik  ôutif  imf«ied 
tany,  ragretfoHy,  "and  dlèappoint-heapa  of  gîrii.  _^Aiid 
im  th^B  tlw>  oU  iolkfl^ow  are  we  to  amuift  theib  ??* 
"  OÉtnlB.^  aaaKertedrMiiigdaliéii^ 
«'  Oards  ?**  repeàted  Faniiy.    "  li^oald  be  as  «Hfth  il 
iBX  iif0*a  worth  to  meoiiiioB  tlie  ^c*d  to  Aimt  Lydia-t© 
Cd^e,  eïfcher,  for  ^^ÎWt^  4^*d  therji^  h«iM^ 
late.    It'i  aU  G«orga^«^-«r  bttni0d  ohild  dreads  the 

;tfMrdalen  ^pped  het  worlc  aod  lookëâ  ai  liei;^  ^ 

"?oajrai'tii|>Sik  0*  it  «gain,  m^w.-pniniued  Paimy, 
deliirhted  to  hare  a  aeôret  to  tell,  **lifo»nae  Aunt  Jivdi» 
inmldB^i  m»^  I  Irat  âéenm  wasû't  âl^ya  the  model  he 
if  now.  When  b»  waa  in  lîéir  York,  twiior  three  yea^ 
ago.  he  got  into  dreadfeil  tjwible  of  «oni^  E«d.  I  doat 
iraow  w5at  it  ittlj  biii  g«ttblii«f  bad  fà|iiethmg  ^  do 
irith  it,  and  Aûtit  Lydia  WM^m  ténrible  disteess,  and  had 
erer  so  araoh  money  ta  pay.  George  came  home,  awfnlly 
•fhamed  of  hlmM,  aod  pénitent,  and  ever  arnee  oarda 
bave  been  atterly  aboUahed-^'  , 

Murdaioa  liatened  to  tbialittle  narratite  with  an  intneat 

Fenuy  never  dreamed  of.    Three  yeara  ago  Gôoiree  ^* 

«tone  had  been  in  New  York,  »d  he  h»d  ^  ad^fted 

«6  ^mbUag.    What  if  he  had  knowm  Maarioe  Laa^y  l 

-311^ if  l^wr»^iiasrkîfrLai^to.iiïji«lt l  ^^-^-.^  -- 

Bir  face  fluahed  hot^  at  the  «faoagbf  r  ibe  had  broodecl 
<m  the  jMMiibaity  of  .fiadÎM  tiùs  «aa  ij 
*    Iby  Btmnge  waya,  «o  long^  tbat  no  idea,  how«jM 
Itérons,  xjotfML  jeem  ïWttSi»»»»^*?^!»»^  !*^      . 


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mm  who  uight,  HnMgSiMlY,  tall  into  enror,  tkVfe^ihé 
fade  of  »  âeuWate  TUmîii.  ohe  oontô  eee  bim  from  ^ 
windoir,  w«lldi}g'up  and  down  in  tUe  silvery  «mnmer 
ftoaniiitg,  tmol^fiia^clga^ifnâer  tbe  trees  tndlooking 
«p  «t  ïbd  red,  rising  mooD.' 

**  No,  no,  no  1  *'  thonghfc  Magdalen.    "  Georgo  B«j8t^ne 

..nerer  oonld  be  «  oold-blooded  traltor  and  beimyer.    I  ani 

a  wrefoh  to  baarbor  inoh  a  thojright  for  a  mondent,  bot  be 

nay  bave  known  Manriee  Langley.    If  I  /toly  ^ared  aak 

'  himî"      -■:-';.,.  ;^.  ■-  ,.  '  '    '.'„■■  -^        "    ...      '   ■   . 

^      jB'anny'a  tongne  waa  rùimtng  on  ail  tbe  wbile,  jand  Ka^ 

'S' daien  bad  to  dismiss  tbe  siibidot,  and  attend  to  ber. 

"  I-m  not  goîng  to  inTÎte  ooorFraak,  yon  oantankerpai| 
i  al!fe0oorge,"-JPanny  said,  tôlier  cousin,  when  be  camaj'"** 
r^^'^^tly,  «'Bôyoa  néedn'f  «èartbat  anlky  faœanyli^^ 

*  be  n9i9d4a.be  goodenongh  frienas. 


rm  Isnrê  you  ând 


boMon're  qnite  an  altéré*  peison  latelv.    flé*e  a  pea* 
d^I  «oreentertainingtbaû  yoit  are,  and  I  don*t  balf  ci- 

'    witbont  bim,  and  no  moye  doei 


ffii^tfèiîén  ;  *but  for  jtll  tbat  be*8  ne*  oomipg,  so  l^leaae 


to  énjoy  myseîf 
magaalén;  but  for  ail  ««—  «^-  -^  «^.-«ve»  —  >r"— r;j^>s 
8^  ibôvling,  Mr.  J^ffstone,  and  try  and.make  yo^nelt  q|3 
agreeaWeifyoncan*  ;     .    . 

Mr.  éaretone'»  reply  to  tbia  breatbleÉi'  reproaoli  w«s  a     ^^ 
scowl  of  even  deeper  mal^ity>to-«li[»  Infinité  amnaemeil  *^^^ 

of  wîcked  Fanny.  2  v ...  ^  ,  « 

^.  "  l've  béen  aaklng  Magdalen,*  pnwpeil  tbafcwmf  1^4^,. 
lbnt«ntormi!Wangbim,  "hwi«Mffejfpingte*»e^»^ 
etàers,  and  ilté  anggesteâ  oardè.    Womd  yon  mud  fetoh- 
ing  a  paok  borne  from  ajillford  to-mori^iR,  Gèorj^e  ?*^ 
.     Magdiim  Woked  np  qniokly  and  «irûe^ly,  «nd  aawa 
remarkable  obanee  paaa  over  tba  yonng  man^a  face  at  tbe 
nmpleword8>ana  bis  bine  ereedarkened  and  grewsterji 
as  they  fiied  themae^ea  on  Fanny^a  face. 

«  I  ahould  «ind  it,  M&s  Wintera,'*  be  Mûd,  "  and  you 
know  that  perlecUy  weïl.  Pleaae  be  a  Uttle  more  citfefnl 
tnyonrieqneats,  or  tbere  wfll  béneitber  card  playîikg  nor 

Wilb  irbSil  «bort.  abarp  and  deoiaiTe  aMOcb,  Jl^ 
BairifRM/ atarode  f romr tb$  room, and  appeareoB» 
ibfà^^ing»         ...  ^  ,. 

Tbè-  eventful  day  oâme,  and  Fannyt^ip  a  few  of  «fr  3 


.,>* 
? 


K2  MUmALa^PBYOyf. 

«f  ft  npyel,  witli  Août  Lyllia's  pewlseieaminff;^^  >>^^%r 
lutster  on  her  neck,  ând  fier  jànk  oom]^éï:lon  aèepeilr  jtiuç 
tbim  ever.  C^m  tuid  qaeeiil;  be«iâe  ber^in  M&ok  s^k 
«md^hMO*  ftod  |Bt  ornaûieiits/miss  Wàjne  i|^d„  plain  imd 
iîmple  in  dreu,  and  nplifted  ftnd  beaat^al  as  ai  young 
^aeen:        ,  v 

Hn  Frank  Hamilton,the  handsome,  waa  not  thère,  and 
<}eotgé  Baretone  sboald  hâve  been  aib  peaoQ  ;  bat»  alat  f  be 
-<ifs»  not-^-lor  if  tha  bestrlooking  man  in  Milllord  bad  been 
«zcinded  from  tbat  îeatÎTiô  tbrong  on  Mifls  Wayne'a 
«cc<mnt|  tbe  riobest  man  in  Milmird  waa  tbére,  ma 
«bnoxiônSIy  attentîte. 

Mr.  Sai4  Goldbam,  eb^H  of  stature,  olaîn  of  face,  dsU 
«f  brain,  bat  witb  a  bandred  tfaoasand  doliarsat  bis  coïn- 
œand«  waa  ber  most  ^evoted.  He  ban|^  ôyer  tbe  pitàio 
irbè#aba^layed  and  sang;  be  w«9  ber  partner  wben  sbé 
danoed  ;  be  persistently  aat  beaide  ber  ▼bén  sbe  reeted. 
<}eQ%e  Barstône,  bovenng  aloof ,  like  Voar  madly  jealoas 
Wérs,  set  bis  tèetb  in'Srparoxyaia  of  fnry,  and  longed  to 
pàce  Mr.  Sam  0oldhain  by  tbe  aoràff  of  tbe  neck  aad  kiok 
blm  inoontinently  ont^f  doors.  One  or  tvo  attempta  be 
madQ  to  joinibeg<Qi]iâen»baireddiTini^  ;  bat,  monopoliaed 
by  tbe  weaîthy  manafftotarer,  tbe  attempta  werefntiie. 
Tbe  inillionaire  bad  ber,  and  meant  to  keep  bw.  Desper* 
at^/oasea  reqnbre  desperate  remédies.  Mr.  Barstone  took 
9  deaperate  ana  aadddn  r<taolTe,  tbere  and  tben. 

''rj[l  propose  to  ber  to>^orroir/'  tbongbt  tbe  yoang 
lawver,  grinding  bis  teetb  and  glaring  at  tbe  ricb  map, 
**  if  tbat  inoonôeiyable  aas,  Ôam  Qoldbam,  ddesn^t  do  it  to* 

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<>*clock  next  momhig,  vitb  tbe  intincible  rasolation  "of 
«sking  tbe  bright-tiairM  gofemesa  to  be  bis  wife  butor» 
ifae'^ay  ended,  and  fell  asleepnnder  tbe  ëootbingiliflaeiioa 
4>t  tbat^  détermination.  Bat  desttny  bad  deoi^  otber^ 
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Miber-ti«fl8ed  idol,  fae  belwM  BiM,  *he  %,  eferaiding  hr 

lïi«  bedaide,  hke  anugly  liitlè  guardian  irtigeL  .  i 

^"Aletter,  Mr.  ôeorge-^jest  cdme,  sir  ;  man  bfbtigfet  ifeV  I 

from  iihe  telegraph  office  îa  town,  and  yon'r©  to  aiga  y6n|r  ' 

,  Oeorge  took  it,  and  readf  ita  brief  ôiçntente  with  a  terr' 
Wank^Iftce.  It  /ifras  Irora  New  York,  from  threlderly 
physioian  with  whom  hisooiwm,  Philip,  w^aconneofed. 

Oôme  beroi  if  yon  cao.    P/a  niet  witb  an  »ocident*«S^ 
■enons^  bat  net  fatal. 

BlOHABD  HAâtBBsoxr. 


George  Barstone  wt»  yery  earnestîy  attached  to  his 
<xmsin.  The?  bad  growu  un  together  as  boy?  ;  4;hey  bad 
raâ  their  collège  oonrse  siae  by  aide^  and,  of  l«te  y^gn^ 
séparation  bad  rather  atréngtbened  tban  wéakei^^^^y 
fraternal  attachraent.  In,  tbe  first  shook  aind  odoaterim* 
tipn  of  the  news,  tbe  lawyer,  tbe  lover,  abaolùtély  forgo% 
i^f  tedy  love.  . 

^"  An  accident,"  George  tboùgbt,  staring  blankly  at  the 
telegram  ;  "aérions,  but  notfatMl  Good  beavens  I  whafe 
can  bfVô  bappeued  to  him?  I^  nm  np  to  New  York 
tls^very  diqr  f  ' 

ae  aprang  ont  of  bed  ai  oaoè,  and  ràpidly  began  t» 
«f-^re8S.\ 

J*  1  lÉiost  tell  Aunt  Lydia,  of  oonrae.  She  Wt  np  yet 
and  it  aeems  a  pity  to  awake  ber,  after  last  nigbt  ;  but  ii 
can*t  be  belped.  Poor  Phîl  I  be  muât  bave  requeatei 
Masterson  to  tele^raph  for  nlb>— the  o3d  beair.never  would 
doitbimself.  He  alwaya  did  want  me,  whenever  ba  g<A 
into  a  acrane,  I  remember.''  . 

'■  George,  Wing  oompléted  bis  ^ilet,  Bongbt  bia^mné'ii 
room,  Shewas  awake,  thoagh  not.  np,  wheu  he  rappod» 
and  answered  at  once  :  , 

lait  you,  George  ?    Come  rigbt  liU    Wliat  la  it  f  ** 
''i<MMreeiDtlw^iBfli4T- 


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liSwiti 


iiS  Barscone  waa  ezoeaaively  sbooiroâ  and  startled.  Sb» 
waaas  fond  of  ber  two  liepbews  as  avMdowed  mothîr 
migbt  be  o|^*gr  «ro  aona.  -  /*• 

^^Poor  Phïï  î  poor,  dear  boy  I  Ob,  Geofjgô,  if  it  «boak| 
bedKDgfriHailI*^  ~-^ 

"  ^p)  lelegf&m  aays  not»  •ont.*' 


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_**  Yon  rnnst  go  toljéir  York  at  once,  Georae.  -  My 
©itt  !    1  Bhall  hâve  no  peace  nntll  I  hear  from  von  '  "An 
yoo  m  time  for  tbe  noon  tmin  ?** 

George  lookqd  at  lus  watch. 

**It  wîUpaas  tHroagl)  MiUford  în  an  honr  and  alialf-^ 
time  enoa^h^d  ^  Jî»r9.   J'Uîwvea  montbM 

«ftet  ihoûghl  seemed  lo  strike  him,  and  he  stood,  le 
Si  »»]!»pi5g  ^IWottalr  bis   watch-chain,  and 
^th  a  di8btr1)ed  fiwe  a^thé  ^posite  irt#. 

Misa  B«urslK)n0  watcHèd  Mm  intently. 

«  Wen,  Gêorgef  «^Bbesaid.  ■ 

George  gr#wToiyiéd,  tnnied  •brnptïy,  iW^ 
ing  0p  and  âo^o^      v  '  '^     ^r-^ 

"WeJl^  Gebrg»P»\lïi|i 
imile.  ' 


»■;■■' 


tiUM  with  a  famt,,  conacioiiii 


1  !^'^??^V>«*ïtfl  <mt  fe  B»8toiie,  "there's  aomeil^teii* 
1  fixoold  iike  to  apeiOc  to  you  aboat  beforel  leaveiio^^ 
♦«Sorpereeite.    l^fiâtiaitf'*  ^ 


perdéite. 

Ôeoi^»  red^^lplt^^itae,  rtirtri^  np  bis  Ié^j?  bair.  aad 
•t»redyer|"hir<ratvacanoy.  -  ^ 

*;We»,  George  PmjiiiBpg^ 

George  ttoi^ed  bis  wâk  as  abraptly  at  be  bad  oo». 
•Btwed  it,  anCtomed  fiaU  lipon  bk^^^^ 

**AnBt,»  lie'to  <«IVô  fallen  in 

«Août %dia»"  said  Mrr  ISaistone,  trmH,  "tbie  i« 
■omôthing  enfcirelf  darerent  froin  tbe  pdat.  Fm  awan 
;bow  often  and  bov  egregiongly  Pt»  «ad*  li  donkey  ol  inj« 
•rtf,  bnt  thw  tfane  Tm  in  eariîfit.  1  to?«  J^  witli  my 
whole  heart.  and,  if  ebe  refuses  ni%  ï  donîk  oat«  irbetbtr 
rureor  diel*' 

;My^^*»rboyt    Apdwhtflitber* 

'ShewHiiaWaynel*^ 

tune  yon  baveJallen  in  loV»  Mth  Wmny^  geyecÀew  f**  i 

"  It  bImiII  be  tbe  laet  time,  annt.  Tbe  Itept^neai  «^my 
%hoIe,tlifô  ie  inyolied  in  tUle.  I  meant  to  aek  ber  tli& 
'®?M:^  ^^^  Mia;|on  oannot  iiywft  to  Magdiiteiil* 


*, 


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f^f-xiijÉW-;*. 


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KSL  BABSTOWI&  t*R0PQ6£S.  » 

fKïellent    gov«nio»-<~ft  very    %aiidsome"-«nâ  biirh^bred 
yoting  lady— but,  with  «W  that,  I  shooM  like  tS  knwc. 
0Mnèthmg  more  of  tbe  antécédents  ùi  my  dear  bovls  fntara 
■wîfe  tban  I  do  of  hert/'  .      ' 

Hr.-  Bsrstone'»  'anxioatf  fJMe  tnrned  radiant*' 

"  Thcn  you  don't  objeet/  anitt  ?  * 

''To  Mîss-Magdalen  Wayn©  perwmally,  no.  I  â«r»flMr 
I  Bhoald  prefer  ior  you  a  wealthier  bride.  .  J  am  onlj 
mortal  in  that  respect.  Bot,  after  ail,  a.hftiaife  iêpA 
tbe  ohief  cçnsideration.  Yoir  IwTe  not  ^ieû  me  in  tlke 
teçst  by6nrtme>  George.  I  bave  foreseen^afi  tbia  Ior  ùoï»r 
urne.  U  Hagdajen  loTe»  toni  andjrthere  k  no  otber 
drawback  than  her  pofartyi  I^^diap^rsbe  no  objection, 
1  hk&Jter  rerj  rattdi^r^  moeb/mdeed  I  " 

«^inien,»  criod  Chroi^,  wiiib 4^beamfti|r  Ace,  '*PH  âl 
p  Ber  tbo  moment  iTctninfroçj  Kew  York,  and,  after  .that» 
Ton  knor,  Ton^wn «wstioir  ti^  «aroBB-qiM^ 
her  ûixtecedetttÇ  and  injr  oirt  wbo  hér  graiidfirtltér  att«I 
f^^*"^"**^*^^®*^  ^ere,  and  corne  ^  tbo  bi^oiry  of  th* 
'^oï<»myBjipe«.  aboi! corne f<»th  tei«w^aiït% froai: 
tne  wbumjfr^mi,  neyer  flear.  And,  àttht^,  mt  owit  àto— • 
Ki;i  t  sbe  tbe  IoTeIie«t  creatm^  Hié  mm  sbiitea  mî" 

**Ma|daîen  h  rerj,  very  pï^ttyl  " 

*'And  •©  jMtttle  and  sireetpteinpered,  and  atvlèiy  *i4 
ttwrottffbbred  l .  4nnt,"  wid  Mr.  ÉûrviiGaê^  m  9  mddea 
|iwb  of  deip«iden<gr,  a»  aB  Mia»  TI|aynVa  iRi»»|^««^ 
feotions  bonrt  «ïfpn  »nn,  «'I  éù^  beliof «  At^  fiS 

"  Sho  Biigbt  eaeily  bar»  wor»,  Oeoig&  î  M»  ^  M» 
|OTWg  men  modest  ;  >trt  I  ironldn't  denmir,  IT I  w«r«  yo». 
Meanwhile,  *time  br  on  tbowin#»--.a»  tisaw  wiU  aooA 
'  paas,  and  hère  yen  are,*  ^  /       «; 

*'  By  Jove  î  yeg,*'  cried  CWcrgo,  bofeintf  preciijltetite 
ont  of  the  room.    ''Oood-by,  anntî     Hero  IHn«r,  iSl 
feMorPh»  afdeatb'BdoorforalII  know.    WfaatiiaeMsà 
,fhiteIatn,tobestiref*?        :.  '  Z- 

The  yonog  lawyertîrÉmmed  tbe  fttw  neceigario^lwqttiiîte 
•et  ofl»   y 

dalen  Wajrne  «Uone  on  hii»  from  an  nflpef  wiftdkwri    bIi 

îï^  |**iîf  »  F<»^  pfeni»  »  î»  mivSf  II»  lM«d  to  tbo 
bîî^É  apî«M?itiOtti  -  ' 


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MAOT^Lïars  vowi 


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o«re ol  Toon^  tîU  I  eom©  backl**. 

Miss  Wayâe  smiled  and  nodded  ;  then  tiiepbn j  qiiiokI]f 
trotted  Oeorge  Baratone  ottt  of  sight»    , 

The  young  l|^wyer  ifeatihed  New  Yoi^  in  dae  time,  and 
tonna  hy^  eoasîn  07  nd means  so  alarminffly  ill  as  he  had  -'■■ 
laneied»  J3e  was  Iving  on^a  bed  in  s  darkened  ohamber, 
looking  nncommomy  gaîant  and  hpUow-eyed^  it  is  trae, 
bat  qaite  a^e  to  devonr  basins  of  broth  and  boêf-^tef^-  and 
talk  to  tfis  oensih  by  the  bouté 

**Wby,  Phil,  old  if ellowl^r  George  orièd,  ^'you'îre  not 
half  sa  bad  as  I  thonght  yon  were  I  "  - 

Mr.  Philip  Barâtone  flonnoed  oVer  the  bedblothes  With 
a  dismal  groan.  Hé  wjua  one  of  thqse  big»  stfong  men  who 
flnooninb,  like  the  fragile  bloesoms  they  bx6,  to  the  flrst 
toach  of  illness  ;  and,  vhen  he  lay  downpaiid  pnlle^  the  t 
aheets  orer  him,  he  wanted  aQ  Jbis  trîends  and  relatirea  to 
,  jstand  hôwling*  aronnd  his  be^  ûi  a  dreary  choros  idfffm^ 

''It'a  worse  than  yon  ihink  for,  George/'  aaid  ^à||p^' 
invalid,  foriornly  \  ''and  IVe  beén  cboped  np  in'ihji  hol^ 
idthold  Kasterson  feeling  my  pnlse,  and. a  nnrse,  ngfy 
anouffh  to  set  Q|  '  «  «^   -  *,.!      *.   , 

my  tnroat»  nnti 
«nd  blowing  my 

mada  Masterson  telegraph  for  yôa,  old  boy.  I  sho^d 
hare.gone  meliahchol^  madif  eome  one  hadprt  ooni^  I 
tell  yon,  George,  it'a  roagh  on  ns  baohelors,  when^wtf 
Gome  ilo  be  laid  up  and  lefi4o  the  tnercies  of  hired  unrises^ 
If  the  nurses  wôre  only  yonng  and  pretty,  yon  knov^ 
fellov  might  stand  k;  \^t  they  seem  to  be  8peoiiuli|^ 
aeleoted  «n  aoconht  of  Iheir  âge  and  ngliness.    Il  I  eVer 

fet  oQ±of  this  confonnded  messr^^l  tnrn  oyer  a  nftw  leaf» 
um  the  noyels  of  JPanl  de  Kock,  resign  brandy  and  sqida, 
:^t  horses  and  expensive  dgars,  beoomo  Tirtuons  aàd 
happy,  aud^get  marfied^^  J&w.  are  they  alTat' Golden 
-•waKwaf,"-     -,  '  ,  ^,;;.--::-  ;■■'.--■■- ^'  -v-  . 

f  *  Aa  fmaû**  Jgw»'^  iJwnt#«Éir^t>er  abjgafly;   Ma 
'  thoagTit8~^wîfIï'îl^  wondeniti  7oésMM^te  ifî|E*1ESë>  starry 
^es  and  tinteled  hair  who  had  cerné  Xo  glorify  Mi  hnm* 
wraQilife. 

^  "1)008  i^t  tiydia^giit  abôttt  ainoh  f  "  potaaed  Phi)  ; 
''but,  of  ooarae,  8hed0«8ijiV'  v   ^ 


^«^- i^^rjv.'*  -''-i^'  -'. 


lOL  BJLÉmqmmxm&m 


A7| 


;  thls  bas  not  beea  oat  of  her/room  slnoè  yottr  de- 
mri&Q,    By  the  wfty,  Fanny's  got  a  n«w  goVerness,  yoa. 

Deepite  thestildioiisly  oarelesB  '^by-the^wa7>''Ëhe|at 
olanso  soanded  sQmewhat  inappoâite. 

"Has  Bhe?  I.dWn't  knovt  Has  ahe  fellen  4a  lofe' 
▼itUyop,  or  haye  yoa  iàlien  in  lore  with  "W— whioh  ? 
Fanny^  gOTernesaes  bavé  always  been  dirided  into  tbose 
two  dMsoB,  Binoe  iihe  bad  a  i^overness-— loted:' àndrloving. 
Ah  !  I  see,^'  said  Fbilip,  pointmg  one  lean  f  orefl|^r  at  poor 
George's  blQgbes,  V  yoiiVe  beea  and  mwdr  Ml  idiot  of 
yoarself  for  thte  fifUeth  time  !  It's  astonishi^  Fan  basait 
writtoa  me  a  fnU^  troe  «nd  particular  accoant  long  before 
tbisi    Whoiashe?/*    \  , 

,;-  *«  Her  nameis  Wâyne-rMiBS  l^dalèn  Wayae^f  yoa 
rlaèin Fani^'s governess/'  ^       :■:■■■";-* 

'■*\  Wboià  else  sboald  I  mean  %    Faonya  gorernem»  and 
i^o  idol  pf  yonffdiing  aitecfeioâ&    How  fondly  ffae  feMow 
ém0$<S^-  her  name  I    Miss—MWifdalea— Wayne  1    ît'a  & 
W|f^naaie,4oo I  . Is àb4r'  ' .; '■  * -/:.r  : .  ■■  ■  '    ^    ■. 

^?^5Seftatîfnl  V*  ézèbiidëd  ©ej^ïg^  ra^Wronsïy,  «  the 
lovelieiit  girlyoa  ever  aa'flr.I''  . 

V  ?^  I  d<ïn*t  belieye  it.    Miss  Fletoher  had  sujdy  bair  and  ' 
frecklea,.  and  yoa  oalled  her  loyely.    I  doii't  Wieve  it  ! 
Ton  baye  no  more  eye  for^béanty,  Ueorge  Barstone^  thon, 
pnoldbe-goàt  I   What^bêiutyler-theligbtortbedark  P" 

**MÎ8B  Wayn^iaiwr/*  rephéd  CFeôrge,  ratheraubdued. 
by  -the  sick  man's  oynioiam.  f *  Blne^gray  eyégv^-loydhr 
eyes,  Phil— and  golden  hair—real  gold«1t  bpir.  She  isn^ 
likto  If  ias  Fletchec  in  the  least.  Bbe's  a  lady  tp  her  pnger- 
iipa.  Ton  ought  to  hear  her  play  and  ung.  Byen  you, 
oold-blooded  reptile,  thaï  yoa- ai^,  woald  kiu>ok  nàderiu. 
^niinatesl"  r  * 

^'  And  where did  jrpaplok^ up  thiô peerle;» paragçà  t" 

"  None  M  your  «néera,  Phil  î  Hère  in  Ne*  York  {  and 
Tery  forry  the  l»eqple  sb^-iraB  with  were  to  Iom  her. 
Ponft  thlnk  i^is  i«  like  my  old  sorapes/ 


"■?;^ 


anptb^ 


ouy^isg m  tho  wbole  coane  of  my  lifp.*^- 
-'*  Indiurd  I    And  vhpn  am  I  to  oongratniàte  yoa  ? 
Perhuifft yon  baye  already  p?opo8ed  P" 

*'  Ij^oiild  baye,  only  i«r  yon,    1*11  aak  b«r  to  nian#  m% 
beiûfp  m  ttired  hoiini  baok  to  €hâdâ)i  Wâloira  t" 


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96 


KAOIXALBÏP»  VOW; 


.  *♦  By  Jûn  l  he  does  me^n  fassiness  f  r  oried  Philip  Biiw 
«tone..  "He  kooirB  lus  own  mind  for  once.  And  tho 
wedding  wUl  take  place  the  wéek  after.  l'm  certain,  lor 
the  impr^blè  €feorge  won't  be  able  to  w»ii1  '* 

"  I  ghoutdn't  yraip  long  if  it  dépende^  on  me,  ihat'8  ^ 
tain  :  bat  Mi»  Waysomar  gay  no." 

î**inny'f«»rorn«8B" 

Tirtuoin  yottlb--4 

rathor  OTérdoing  ur    Misg  Wayne  say  „«^,  *«.  .««w 

.8h^>  ofliHids,  George,  «nd  I  wànt  my  pnwo  r^eniahed  : 

«0 1^  %X  yon  i»»  ttf  «meiAe  snaps  at  yon  Mie  a  oat  àt  a 
inoiiee. "■-''-.■  ^  . .  .-  .    -  . 

GeoxgeBaÂGrtoiMgotnp  ftt>m  ^lie  consîn'e  bedsiâéwità 
an  impatient  fi^owi^ 

*'Tôtt  don't  know  Mies  Wayne,  Phil/'  he  said,  walfcing 
np  ftûd  down.  ^M  might  lose  içy  temper,  only  for  that 
Yon  €loïj*t  kïiow  hér;  Sbe  tant  like  Miss  Pletcher,  and 
«be  iân'_t  like  any  governei*  #e«Ter  had  at  Golden  Wfl- 
'  lowB.  If  I  don't  iptorry  her— and  mind,  mch  an  erént  is 
nîore  than  âoabtfnl,  for  the  beat  ni«ii  in  Millford  êtéjJÊiK 
her^life  wont  bé  wî^rth  a  bras»  bottonf  l  itm^to 
Annt  Lydia  bel oro  I  ïéf  t,  and  I  sbril  propose  to  Miv  Wayne 
direcU/irhenltetbàck."  ^^^        vm^  j«9 

'i/iMt  as  yoa  pleaae^  dd  «bHow,**  said  Pfailip.  «  If  fk 
be  serions,  yon  hâte  iny  best  wi8he8>,  Off  «ourse.  Go  in  and 
,jjn^^«  yy>  «od  «y  bleasing  be  tipon  your  Tirtaoïu 

Ge<2f s^  teinained  ti>v>  days  fii  IX em  Yot\,  al  the  orgeat 
soliiiitation  oT  hiseonsi».  '  •^^    ^ 

'Tt'ssohor^ble  lonely  herel»  Mr.  Phâip  Barstoiiê 
grombied.  "Kyonhadany  beir^  of  ooni!paasion«7wi 
woaldnt  be  in  snch  à  denoed  httfry  to  désert  a  teUoir  to 
hiB  fate  anf  his  beef  tea.  Bût  I  sèe  how  ibk,  That 
groy-eyed,  ffolâèttrhaired  ^Yoemm  bas  bewiteliod  yon  ; 
ând  a  chap  liké  yoti,  in  Toyo,  is  eompany  for'am;ther  man 
norbeast!'* 

**I  daresayl  itta  rather  rsstleee,.  Phit,*»  Oeocj^o  «aid,  ~ 
4iprf^otte«llyr^«#|Rroim8«d  Anirt  Irfài»!  imm  reTiter 
knôw  hdw  yen  lireire  as  soon  «s  possibl^^  an<l  X  fcnon^  sholl 
beanxions.'^ 

"  Yen  çonIdn*t  llrrito  «nd  t^  her,  I  suppose  ?*  FiiBb 
«àiff,  rather  îWiMîy,  «<Hoir»v6f,  go,  and  may  thegoS 
that  ^akhtnrwrtoo^  AiMl  lofeii»  sii^  piit^jri^^MiMfy^^Mii 


'■^%' . 


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jM-l  }^  lUmie.  My  nnlorely  old  nurse,:  md  gittè^y 
Haât0i9û&^^  botter  ma  liveher  compimions  thip  yon, 
gitti]ttgjpnder«tari»g  »t  t!|e  wall,  und  sighing  like  a  for. 
ttà^hRf  *  uo  ;  the  sootiertiie  betterî" 

Cfciôargo  Bftratone»  Qotbing  loth,  deparfced,  aiid  feilched* 
ItiUlioa^at  rapkUy  as  the  "zeson»nt  stesm  eagl?"  conid 
QMmy  Jaim.  3?K«  irâ  of  the  sîiltry  sommer  i^mùm  yffà 
«HpÉe  vith  ans^r  mist,  taroQgh  whioh  Mr.  BiùiléÀe 
^cfvelikétBêwiiid.^  *  ^^  ' 

♦*1  wondèr  îf  I  bî«iH  find  her  at  home  ?  Tirondôr  If  I 
wiUgeta  ohahce  to  speak  to  her  this  erening?  Ùoùà 
heaveii»!  if  that  rich,  à^^pated  BioC  Ctold9uuaà«  hae 
pMposed'heforè  nre,  àpd  been  àçci^ 

Mr.  Barstone  set  hig  feéth  M  the  s^âniifi^  jopposi- 
i|on,  aud  lashéd  Sam,  thé  pony,  into^aftirioinigajlop.    j9!« 


J^nf-thd  reins  to  BtÛ,  irhen  hf  reàohed  dolden  WiUows, 
^^S^eûixaea  thé  honsé.    Ominont  stillnessretgnedv    The 


^Doms  beto«r  were  ^selctéd,  thepianoclosed.^  jNo  onewas 
^hte.  Oeorge  rang  the  béll  «nd  the  hoasemaiâ,  dipping 
ttndsmiling,  appeared* 

"  Whei^i  Misft  Winterf  ?    Where^s    Miss  Waypf  t* 
jRil$,i^Bf^onng.nkatt^  with  stai^lhkg  abnipén^. 
:  <j;"'11flÉi  Wlpters  and  Ml»  Wayne  hiM  gone  toapioiuo» 
'4ir/' reslponded  thesmilW  damsel.  , 

^f,   "Qotteto8>icniof    W|i«p|,P    Who  wHhFr 
r'  Ixûitement  jtittsettled  Mr.  Barstone's  grammar, 
^.  «Mr.  Hamilton  and  3É&  Ooldhàm  took  'emJtir,"  said 
thé  smiling  one,  ânijonsoioiis  ol  the  dagger  thetra  plun^^ 
fngln  her  master^s  breast.     "The  picnio  «t  JSineberKy 
Bank,  and'they've  been  gone  emoe  eariy  raomii^.f    « 
hi3iQOTge  Barstone  j^Iared  ▼IndictiTely  at'  her,  ànd  then 
mked,  Jn  snllett  nsàjeitf,  «int  of  th(i^«pom  and  qp4tài|«. 
His  ^rst  l«at&  were  jeatued.    Bam  CMdham,  the  ocQcms, 
hacher,  aild  nothing  rtoiaméd  fof'him  bntji^doiitdb ckto» 
o£  prnssic  aoid  î    He  Boowlpd  ïrf%(^|r  at  Jiie  oimfiAiage  fe" 
the  dressing'glaas,  and   aatagelf  if^ed  hi^  DeikHo 

.  **  I  don't  «et  np  for  a  beaikfy  I  **  George  mni^er^  l^ 
ierly;  '«bat  Hf  bà  hangôd if  Tm  not a  beU^léilf&ÎDg 
feQov  than:tbat  bi»n-necked,  bli^ar-eyed«  drir^lnwâ^rC 
Sam  0<ddhMn  {.  If  she  «ooepts  him  sne  i«  ytm^;0t\\ 
ing  b«tiilKtd«é^st  ooniemp^    FU  go  to  HM^^ 


-*' 


^•fW 


for  myielf  ;  «ni»  ifmy  Ibmt» 


>  ^_    *,  ,fS 


èô 


itiUéAijaN^v^ 


He  oanM  not  waU  ta  «et  hia  «ont    H«  sat  oà  it  «m.' 

O^W'?  r*^  h«Te  snnk  stmight  into  his  booli,  Jw  S 
Goldham  8  face  waa  by  no  nieaSs  lit  ^p  with  the  roBtS 

Mr  o«lîft-ll*"*^°®J"  î"^  **^^  An4  Ibère 

heStt^ï^^g^SS^/î^^ 
yon^  man  giddy  witb  new-boîn  hôp^°     *»'«  i^e  the 

J^anny  I    What  did  Mr.  Barstone  oare  fût  FannvV   tn 
one  matant  bis  face  waa  radiant       «we  lor  jJanny  ?   In 

m!îolîîy''°îw*î"^V*'"^^«8  Wayne  went  on,  drooDhutà 
ht«e^Wore  tbat  ^ectsric  glow.  ^ 

M^ÏV^®*:,.  ^J**'  "'  ?^'«'  ^»y»e,  they're  going  to  dance! 
fnî  &w^  ^^^^^  ^     oriedWrgef  incfheTeSl^^^^^ 

S*  k  ■  /  T®fS  f**  8^®  **®™e-    Bnt  the  bright  rianeé  l^b 

beantif  nlly  ghe  b  nahed  afc  aight^f  me  I  7  was  a  fol  S 

dSlpttr  Sam  Goldh^  for  hia  hnndred  thonaà^ 

f^od  graqioofl,  Gecnrge  I*  M!»  Wmtôrs  Ihïifcaied 
J^N|^^p.   -îôiriSfrpff  w^^^S^ 

"  Alittle  o«  hiaiéédj"  aniirered  George  :"bnt  a»  ifett 


MB.  mmTomt  pbopo^e». 


'  (f" 


n 


làiàtm  ir^t  bome-f-Oeorffe,  «a  he  came,/  by  faim8^,»^Hi8» 
KTayne  ttill  with  Ut.  Golaham.  Ooldeti  w  iilowa  vas  the 
^1  lioitïte  t1a«y  reached,,  and  tb^ré  ihe^  alight;«d  t&  jpar»> 
ialjiiâ  of  tea.  '  The  lamps  vere  lit  in  thé  pleasant  parlorSy 
simI  a  tempting  sppiier  laid  ont  under  their  «parjclîng 


*^0h,  hang  ît'**  thonght-Oeorge,  «ying  Mr.  €k>ldn 
In  àiégust,  **|^U  he  never  let  her  go  P    The  ëgïegi< 
ninoy  wiU  stick  to  Miss  Wayne  like  a  leeeh,^I  sapi 
nntifinidnight"    r  _:         /       •-^'■ 

Batior  onoe  the  Fates  smiled  on  Oeor^§.    A  -semnt 
liiinâèa  hin^  a  letter  as  he  stoodglowering  m  the  doorway. . 

"3'or  Misa  Wayne,  sir,  and  I  oan't  get  throagh  to  gire 
it.toheir.»*    ..::  -,  .^.  .,\,:  -,     ,   J\   v;^-^ 

Q«QKge  glanced  at  thé  létter.  -       ' 
^''.From  that  pld  naraeinNew^Hampahiré/'  hethonglit» 
**  It  irill  get  her  away  f rotii  Ctoïdhai».- 

He  maae  hia  ^ay  t0  where  ahe  aats»    V 

"  Wi^I  ypa  atep  ont  into  the  hall  amoment,  Huti  WaynaP 
jon  aro  wanted.    Mr.  Goldham  viÙ  exonse  yon." 

SheroBe  at  once  and  foUowed  faim  ont.    Bégayé  her 
Jb^létter. 

'"^*'.  From  nnrae  Baohel  1  **   èhe  exolaimed.    "I  am  ao 
gladl    Tfaanka^Mr.  Bairatiine,  for  my  deliTejty  t" 

Shé  Tan  ont,  langhine  inW  the  ailvery  twinght.  fle  aair 
hér  take  the  path  lerçing  to  the  walk,  aud  diaappear. 
H#ll  an  honr  paaaed.  GeorM  walked  nnder  thé  treea, 
•mokingand  waitiiig;  bat  Magdalen  did  noi  reappéar. 
jAitiother  anarter  of  an  honr  ;  theqheflnng  aw^  bia  oi£^« 
«nd  atrack  reaoIotelT  down  the  Willow  walk, 
r  Haffdalen  aat  on  the  bank,  ber  banda  folded,lôokiiig  at 
Ibe  aiHémn»  abining  water.  Ber  faoe~waa  very  pale  in  the 
«ikiiârWght. 

f*^  Ton  are  lookinff  wbiter  kad  more  m^tiniltil  th«ia 
QHrit,  Misa  Waytie/^be  aaid,  gently.    "  Np  bad  newa,  I 

;triï8tf'r,  .      :  —  ,'"  .  (■'■'■■"■--""" 

:    Tifag^^  -  _^  _,  ^^    _i, 

"  No^'*  ^ïie  isaid.    **  l^hév  are  ail  we^  at  nome,    lï  ia 
<  sot  tbat.    They  bave  aent  içr  me,  I  anppoae  ?"      v 

âhe  «M  riaing  to  go;  but  be  madé  &  bliàd>, audden 
station  to  d^i^Jlié%. 
**  lâminÊÊtjfH,  ma  ,Wayne"*dpn't  go.    I  want  yoa  td 
it  yoa  to  liatén  to  me.^ 


Vf    Al    '     ï 


:4 


^ 


IX' 


CHAPTERIX. 

in»mingm.roiftnf  cLTVt  b^'  *°*»»«  ■*«■*  «-H»* 

-'llMliMlîSlMW  f r      *^  ^  lier  jiistlo^iii^o^ 

.m.. 


>m  m  Tfm  twili^ht. 


««ofg0 1  if  y<m  eoiiia  cè]^  «ails  lilû»  Vi^ik  BunOto^ 
1  doirt  l£Qdw>ay  hipdr  biiss ou  fchk eértt  tihaaiialmi^- 
with  hiou  iftiat'B  thn^  *iir^f»mm*  chêt  içgétiiétkM»g' 
âaieu  I  i)ipt  I  Buppôie  it't  no  lOAUffir  oàt  of  tln^ljr  oo^nn. 
Ba>w  «i«6i!joii  aaid  Geoive  are  this  m<«rBing,  to  l»e  jNtfo  1" 
^  /@«org9  looked  annoy,e£    Mftgàaleii  blnaned,  «a^lÉiiW» 
iras  an  awkwMd  Utile  Mtt^^ 
'  J'^^It  ^'tuHeibali  either  ol  yon  oirer-fiMô^ti^  yourselfea 

l&0iit  ii|d  nigbiy  en|oying  it,  f'beoaase  Ma^daliMi  didn^fe 
dànce  iialf  a  aoisen  iimea,  and.  Gfê^go  tiidn't  danoe  at  ail. 
.Ànd  tiiiMi  in  tbe  «v«ningv~4uid  uat  reninda  me  l  '  Where 
'^;^yoii  two  go  ofl  togetbW  m  tbalerrftnmg  ?  Brerybody 
Hrpnder^d,  and  poor  &m  Goldbam — MJE^gdalen,  yoa  oagbt 
to  havo^  seen  his  distreased  face/' 

Mr.  Bttirstone  rose  front  tbe  taUe  with  a  frown*  and  ib^ 
gor^mess  made  an  imperat|.ve  signal  .to  ber  papil  to  cease.  ' 

"  I  want  yen  to  praotise  tbat  dnet  in  Hageamello  imrae« 
djaU^y/'  ahe  said^  aleo  risiDg.     '^Comal    j^lr*  Banitone,r 

She  swept  away>  leaving  â«otge  by  tbe  window,  gasûnn; 
"gloomily^out.  .       ~v  ' 

Jlvâref^y  wet  day  bad  followed  yesterday'e  ninsbme 
iHid  moonligtit^  Alov^eoniplainingwiudtoased  tlietrees, 
,«pd  tbe  fiait  fi^s  lày  sodden  wio^er  a  leadeu  Èkj, 
rTbe  laii^MT  mado  no  lureffeesée  cS  goiug  to  MiHiford  tbat 
.  dày^  lUe  wandèred  in  and  ont;  Uke  a  f  everi^h  gbost,  lying 
lorkMrnly  on  sOfais/ trying  to  read,  or  smoking  inaanely 
Waam  tbe  dripping  trees.  Wby  did  ^e  ke^  nhn  in  sn»- 
Mnsà  F  Wby  did  sb^  not  pirononnce  bis  doom  at  oneé  ? 
Sèw  oonlâ  sbe  ffo  abont  bei^  daily  taaka  wîûk  tbat  face  of 

m  who  loT^  tbeiJDklV 

lÊi^i^en  did  stndionslyîvpid  bim.    Sb^  kept Faaouiy 
il<^6^^  l^lAo  aU  tbo  IiMr0t^%f^n^  tbat  torlaied  yctnng 
perèon  broke  ont  into  aâ  n^i^c^ifed  cry  for  ff eedom.    Sbe  . 
çbflÂiied  iMWdown  W  ''ÔUéndo^^  tbe  *^De- 

cUni  a&4  >a|î^^  nnti}  M isâ  Wibtèr8_tarned  howne,  andi 
]tiit«|:  ^^bbim  àn4  tbe  whole  Bomift. 

Tba«irly^wMf"     ^     '""^ 


■*    il 


i»5-p!t-«^fSfrli^j^,: 


64 


MÀéàj 


vow.- 


Iw- 


prit  rose  to  go.    Than  If,    J^  *°°°^  »^  !•*.  Wd  oS 
fl>^  with  fou  1»  "K"  r*  "»r  pw»  joq  an  ;  I  wi^ 

promise.""';^?  «f""  **■*»'•     %  »art  k«i.  aït'" 

dalen  still  iSSiK  th^  d™7r^>ff  ».'<"•  '>'»'•    M«.- 
'«'■  '»!>•  hea^^Zr"  K' *."  %"»  "pon  th.  S 

thjt  WMt,  dowhoMtW  im.llirfe^."''''»  '''»P«. 


wai 


Jfeyottrmhid.**'^ 
r«V  mind  I 


-thés.. 

jt  iDAjr  eftiué 


mm^W  iSit  #wip6»T. 


6» 


^É»-f 


Wayne. 


**  Al^  yon  8])»U  899 1  i  am  goîng  to  tell  yon  my  8tOK7« 
uui  wbea.yoa  bewr  hovllmyl .tlâoâTdd  you,  you  nnr^jr 
pj&l.  No  pn«  ôoaîd  blmne  yot|  for  doing  ft.* 
r^i  tï|j|  erosflid  the  roojw  and  took  a  seat  by  the  window— . 
^;Very,  T©gr  p«ile,  itill  stnnsdy  calm.  There  was  a 
opfoéte,  upon  whiob.  the  iput  light  feU  Btrongoit% 
re-llotioaed  her  tp  that.       '  /   "'/,'■ 

)eo«iyed  xue  ?  1  he  repeatèd»  loo^ngatthe  dowboast 
"  How  hare  yoa  done  tbat^^ias  Wayae  f  **. 
"'**'  By  tbat  name,  for  çne  tbiùg.    1  am  not  Miss  "^ 
My  name  is  Magdalen  W&yn«  JLiltrard."r     ;, 

There  was  a  {>auSQ,  :,  " 

-^  "Tour  name  is  Allwiurd.    Ifby  then/are  yoa  bere  aa 
MiMWayneP'  "^ 

**  Tbat  i»  my  stoiy,  The  end  I  had  in  vie^  in  changing 
:  jny  name  is  an  eud  nnattained  y^t— an  end  I  may  nerei^ 
imin.  Tbere  is  a  secret  in  lày  life,  Mr.  Barstone  ;  that 
1^  is  oouseerated  to  obe  pnrpose.  I  am  not  like  othçr 
girls,  Iree  ^1^  nn^ftitered  ;  I  bave  yowed  my  wholo  exi^t^ 
enoe  to  a  pnrpose  timt  may  eTon  stand  between  me  and 
the  man  I  marryr-^it  marry  I  ibould.  Tbatia  wby  I  oonld 
'noitaniweryon  laat  nîght.   -,  j^i  ; 

Hir.  BantoneIisten<Mlwitb  A  lace  of  dense  mystiâeatiôn. 
"  Then  it  v^j^roogh  no  personal  dislike,  Mag'daleâ  ^ 
^nly  be^imw  4|P8  seoret  î    If  it-^this  strange  parpoeo 
~^M jiot  exist,  Wagdalen— illagdalen,  wonld  yonr  auswêr 
bave  bôen*^e8  ?  *        '  -- 

.  He  leénéd  foi?%ard,  breatbleaaly,  oatobing  both  lier 
bands.  Magdalén's  doping  heàa  bént  loirer  for  an  in« 
Btftnt,  tben  iQted  prondly^  witb  a  tender,  virginal  blasb. 

<f  TW^  BhonM  I  deny  it  ?    Yoa  are  a  good  man,  Mr. 
BantoâoB.    Yonr  offer  is  an  honox"  to  a<>y  w^man^  «nd  I 

yrb|Hi  you  hear  my  story,  wbajteVer  change  it  may  roako 
in^orîfeeUngBi  I»  m^i,  .the  mempry  of  yonr  |[oodnesa 
iu#«ffé^^i»b  wiU  eï^rbe  th«  diB»^  memoky  of  my  life^?*; 
Sometbmgm  the  aad  àolemnity  of  hor  tone/aomething- 


io^lbt  lnoari&f ai  jîireé 

'v0sM''mi*é$.  ho  wottii" 
r  ^^^Sùî^jeirs  i«o^ 


«^  herHEacos,  buahed  the  impet>^ 


m 


^Aoéiùmm  i^w; 


pared  for  tlie  awful  beroayemont  fhn*  ii*!Sr  #-«^  "»  BPe- 
Uy  father  was  in  his  Kroye  a  wf lî^  i^ten^pon  mé. 

in  the  honBe     Onlv  ™w  î  ®  °®"'  '"y  «wter  lay  dead 

VaatheworkofbfemSî"      "'  *^^  th«  rttm  «id  d  Jh 


never  iS^Jat  him    "^^^^^  but'sU 


her  ejes  gaai^g  ont*  ia 

ieadQii  ev^nîng  fiky.  —  -^- 

vâil^VoîïtX/TInS^r*'^  f^m-^ame  to  our 
handadme,  «kLZ^nd  ^«iîî  '°°?  '"«î^ship.  He  waa 
^r^BtèfB^&nThJ?^^^^*''^^'  *°?  «"^V  won  my 
pd  of  Se 'S§nr  and^ZeTof  th?"  15"^'  ^T 

of  man's  perfidj  and  wLan^^^^  Barstone, 

.  oflend  by  openly  mairvi^ir  «o  i^     v*.7^***?^«^»«>nofc 

attd  at  once.    SheconaeS   Tor,?^**  be«nited  seoretly 
a  mookery  of  mHrSJ^7J^%*'^^''Y^  him,  ther©  wm 

noyer  lif ted  his  haadTa^  ^X  1^*  ''^^fî^h  eyer  saw, 
and  bèlieved  in-nS  oToî^aSf  ^î  ^^'  ^*«^^  ^«^  ^«^o^» 
bntàisapn'afaUtoV^lS^t'tbVS^^^    It  needed 

^way  hia  siatoT  tnstZ  «f^ï?  **»?  «««^  ^bo  had  Inred 
for  that  wr^g,  heh^mll^^^ r^fe*"*^  réparation 

fc^d  «oui  a  gambler;  too.    Ti»J 
ît^  f2?atb8.%nd  aU  he  pog. 


fiïi 


iWtt  gone.    The  ..^n^n» 
*iiSi5Î  «Çn»tare*-waa  detecte«^y|B 
t#noéd  to  Smg  Sing  for  four  yèSk» 


im 


67 


Slie  pansedin  W  dr^iÉ^i  taie,  rigicl  «nd  tearless  uîd 
white,  and  GI«orgcgpar8toue  spok^  snddenly,  in  a-  ypio» 
tbalfdidnot^onndliKehitrown:  / 

**t>o  yaa  désire  to  keep  secret  this  man's  Bamef  Ji 
jondonot " 

"1  do  noV'  — KTagdalen   interrnpted.     "His 
iCatirioe  langleyé**» 

Tbere  wasa  panse.    Mr.  Barstone^drew  bàok 
■hadovr  of  tàe  cartdns,  whore  hislace  was  hidd 

''Maurice  Langley  was  the  nanie  he.-gaT4 
went  slowly  ou,  '^bnt  of  course,  it  was  assume 
my  sister  discovered  positifely  that  it  was.- 

**  And  she  discoTcred  his  reid  name  ?  '* 

"  No.    Ah,  if  she  had  only  ^sooveréd  that^l  " 

"  What  was  he  like— this  Manrioe  Langley  ?" 

''Tall  and  handsome/  wit^  dark  ha: 
very  élégant  in  address  and  maûner. 
with  sudden  suspicion,"  doyon  know  hi 


^ameis 

the  giïl 
JmWA, 


4nd 


(t 


"  No/*  replied  George  Bârstone, 
him." 

Bat  he  still  spoke  in  a  Atraûge,  coni 
kept  his  face   persistently  shadowi 
éurtains. 

Willie's  rnin  coOiiploted  what 


ne 


I  don't 


whiskerik 
she.adketi 


4( 


pnrsued  Magdalen  ;  "It  kiUed 


knov 


ned  Toice,  and 
the    window- 


fiight  began,** 
,  ly  iather  1    My  poor 

nurse  was  leitàlone  in  the  oldj4u)i&f»tead;  never  ^pectioff 
to  see  any  of  her  children,  save  myself,  again.  When  au 
at  once,  without  word  .or  warnii^^  atter  wear^  montbs  of 
waitin^,  lianra  came  home— -came  home  to  die,  Mr.  Bar> 
atone,  >nd  leave.a  baby-girl  l^hind  her.  She  had  dia- 
covered  ajl'the  falsehooa  and  tveaohery  of  the  wretch  who  , 
hadTlured  her  away,  and  maddened  by  the  disooTer^,  i^ 
ifôd  from  himat  dead  of  i/ight,  a  eraàed  and  fmntio" 
wornan.  Hehad  a  wife  lirhig  before  he  eyer  met  iie^r- 
sne  had  never  been  that  for  one  moment.  She  ivae  dii- 
graoed  and  lost  ;  there  wa^  nothing  lef  t  bnl^  to  die.  ' 

saw  her  in  her  winding  sbeet.     I   aair  ^er    laid  in 
her  grare.     On  her  death-bed  she  jMâ^^ÉÉàÈÊSuJM  A 
leltdii,  telliog  me  all- 
jg^fenei»  for. 


<■!'■'•«! 


m 


tMd 


îf^ 


herwrongtw^ 
deatb^bed  mé  «MralÂ 
kneeUng  by  her  gsinjm. 


.^yAji 


ié 


HA0DALEK'S  VOW. 


iis  Crimée.  I  vôwé?to  ]S\^3««  Èr^"»  *o  i"«ee  f^ 
wiH  keep  that^ïl^T'^  ^  Phoulcf môet  him,  and  ifTlîîfi 
panse.    Th. 

«ôprem»  moment.  'K  ll^tl*  ^?f '"i^.'*»^»  *&  tbaj 
ieepit.»  «wseit    «  m  my  aeoret  aùd  joir  ma4 

in  an  this  to  k^ua  apart  Hf  Jî»«^^»ï^»»7Î«|b  w  th^  ' 
my  dearest,  but  jou  ïaîf  «nfffl^ï  *  «»d  wd  piîifoI-Bto^ 

J^irl  I  let  me  trr  ftTiMkA  »«h^'L     1  ^,  ^  P*»*»'»  ^woi»iwi 

1»e»rt.     <!î  wiU  kVe  ™ î.^* Mî'"»  "woloTto  WÎ 
M"ri»  t«;ÏÏy  «Ih^Ti»'  «»t  jeu  wm  to^ 

artti^  "*'  *****  *nd  strogi^éd  from  lii| 


m  TwxHaHX, 


9»  ^ 


%  1 

fMgttftiliMsg  kn^Unty.  '  Thûi  wild  talk  ^  rev€iige  Man4» 
mùmàkom  txém  lips  so  fûrimd  siràet.'' 


for  i«Teng8--^'i>Qly98k  justice.^ 

Sbe^^^Eui «ftikiim^ ttpaci)^ doim,  àlwaj^s her habit  w|i^ 
«xoiMd.'  •  ■  -^  .     • 

**Sèe  hère,  Hf.  Barstone  I  "  she  said,  "thajrwero  ait 
the  vorld  to  me— father,  mtet,  brother.  He  ira?  morâ 
fiend  thaa  maii,  who  im^ffhl  tbéi?  min.  He  deserre»  ii(k 
meroT:  hb  wfll  find^none  «fôm  nié  I ** 

*^  What  will  yon  do  P  "  Geèrga  Bar* tone*«Toicesofltided: 
4nld  and  alittle  ster^  i^r  those  fpri^h,  passionatetones. 

**  I  don't  kaow-^t  oan't  tell.    He  may  be  deiad  and 

v])oried  ;  hé  mày  bè  alire;.  imd  I  mav,  nerér  meet  him/Y 

nhysee  him  to^morrow,  and  not  know  hiioa.    But  if  X 

erer  do  meet  him  and  knoir  him^  I  tell  yott  1  will  keep  mj^ 

promiie  to  my  dead  aiBter  ï" 

^  *'Ashow  r*      ^ 

"  I  dont  know.  but  Iwilï' keeo  ît.^ 

Therlawyer  natled,  in  th«  dnok,  at  tiie  fania^  impo- 
tent vehemenoa  t^  j_. 
.  "  How  P^he  witerated.  *^*  Yon  won't  mîiiitaNbim,  X 
•uppose,  lEigdalài  P  Ànd  iHiat  else  oan  ton  do  f  Tb» 
law  won't  puniah  him  beeattfe  yonr  lister  elôpéd  with  him 
or  liewtue  he  Janght  yônr  brother  to  pfoy  oardk  Thoi» 
aoonBationa  wo^t  atand  in  a  oonrt  o{  latrj? 

" Mr.Sarstone,'*  laid Mftgdalen»  itopping in  her  rapid. 
^Ut,  ma  speakinff  gîowljr  and  impreiéiTely.  **  I  am  onlr 
k  girl-Hi  weal^h^eas  girl>-ivnd  there  ia  not  one  ohane» 
to  fifty  that  I  may  ever  meet  this  mto.  I  hava  changped 
my  nanw,  lo  that  if  we  shonld  by  ohano^  m^i  he  migh^ 
not  reoc^ise  me  by  that.  I  resemble  my  diid  nster-— ^ 
that  i8  bey(md  my  power  to  help.  I  hâve  néffir  met  lia»» 
"*"  ^ "*•*'"*'"•   bA^^liai»^  t^d-jo»-all  ^ia,  laife^»=^^ 


^^hi^ite^ M  MQidttita  tooonie  that  meeting.may  bftiiQj|^ 
beved.    U  I  were  to  take  yoo  -at  yonr  w^.  «îid  betâèaift 

^^xût  irtfe  oonoealiag  my  Ufe'a  pnrpose»  î  thonldbè  dving^ 
yon  wrong.  If  kuowing  aQ.  my  steadfaat,  malttrabib 
fmom,  pku  gtill  areof  the  Mme  mind,  thea,  iio  mcitér 
hùw^fmtk  î  meet  hhn,  I  iM  be  jnrti^d,  MtaimjùHên 


%  him  open  to  the  la7  ^ffh  ^*ft^î**  '^''o*»  that.wonld  V 
ftaired,  Wne-eyed,  1oÏutoî£J^^,-  ..^'^V?"  ««the  J^> 

.  rl^  ^^^^  to  him  thaSThis  maSL"f«  how-^ay  Ijeart  - 
am."  *  "«wrry  me  ana  tnink  me  better  thim  r 


-—  over  ùi 

<ure  minfri*. 

darling  | 


"«  »urBT©r-H8iiice  yoa  love  mAf    ««         •™, "*ne— 
konoe  Lanirlôv  ghall  «  J^  t     *  ^    "^  POO'  darlinff  I 

coméwoel»  ^*    ^****'*^»*"^^nVv«e.-oomTw2ï 


TOIiD  mTWHilGHT. 


71 


*<Dett  Geotge  I  how  gôo4— how  géû^ona  yon  are!" 
Ah  I  how  altered  her  Jtone  from  à  moment  betote-^  m- 


"^'Â 


handVMid,  with  a  attopgèwish  of  8%.8ome  pne>ou?c^^^^ 

«àayi  corne  in-Bow?'?  oried  Misa  Winters,  m  sbnH 
aarcasm.  «  Aunt  Lydia»8 beenaôleep thèse two h<mr8,  and 
l'vebeen— goodgraoïou» me  I  there*8 no one h»e.  and  alla 
inîhe  dar/î   ifhereon ea^th are  Magd^naiid  Giorge^P'' 

Misa  Winters  fonnd  the  match  hox,  aftcr  a  gocd  deal  «f 
fumblint,  distraotedin  her  searoh  hj  **»VP^**ÏÏ**  i*î 
lootstoof,  and  the  swift  ahntting  of  the  door.  Bnt  ehe 
struck  a  Incifer  at  lait,  lighted  the  lapp,  ,and  beh^d 
George  aittingwrenely  in  an  arm-.chair,  h»  handsmWt 
nocketé,  itïazing  at  her.  '         ,  ■,     -,    w  ^ 

^«  Oh,  ^'re  hère  I  "  exdaimed  thé  jonng  lady,  lopkmg 
blankly  aronnd  ;  **  where's  Magdalen  f  ^ 

«  Where  ahe  pleaaea  ;  sheS  not  hère.     ^    .  . 

««Who  went  ont  jqat  now?**  demand^  Fanny,  witïi 

"^^S^as  dark,  and  Fm  not  a  cat    Yom  onghfto  know  ' 

..  as  well.aa  I  dp."', '^    .    .^É^  •■'^.^■vV:       -    ^'^'r-^    -^^^i    t 
"Ottghti?"  witH  8^    «I  dare  say  I  dp,  tooî    | 
came  in  too  soon,  didn'Tî  ?    l  had  better  go  back  an^ 
Btay  with  Annt  I>dia  a  |ew  hours  longer,  hadn  t  lï       - 

^^^*Fanny,^h#couBi^^  placidly.  */don't  tiy  tobe 

ùaeMitio--it  isn't  your  forte.  ^  Andil  wishyou  ironWnt 
bol^me  with  quBgtiona-go'away,  like  a  ^«^}'J' 
want  toemoke  anlfck  over  my  not^^o^Soroggmsm 
Boggs'  case,  whictc^omea  np  to-mo 
.   ffias  "Wlntewf^mited  sardonioàUy.    -^ 

"Scroggina  ?8.  BoggB,  indeed^I    «J  ^l 
▼ery  plan^We,  Mr.  Spécial  I^eader.  Wt  it , 
mel  ^^n!ge  bee»  toJMked  Magdalft^>ig 


^'M 


idw,iiiiâ«r 


corer  of  theliiTties87aM  ahe  ran  '^«T*^"»  ^^Çl^ 
ail  go  and  flnd  hei;.  ini  know^by  W  froe  d]gc% 
Whether  It's  to  be  <w  not-4hough  of  cour?©  >*  i*»  «  ««OÇÎ» 
would  neTer  look  ao  ridionTonaly  hUwf m.  Jî  wcnMl«r 
Whefcher  I  h«d  beat  wear  pink  W  Ww»  »•  fiiçlt  nïW«t- 
.inaM  f**  „4i.      ■  ■     ■  ■ 


j^ 


«  new  Hummirig-i^     And  W  n?.i?  ^'  *?  t^»»*  ««for 
"  She  has  aaid  via  An^t  tfS?  ^  ¥^f  *î«  »**  %  1»  »    < 

•i^îe  A  girl  „  MitfdiiS'^ufaffli^i^^ 


■1 


,x 


>  I 


t^i. 


this  Maurice  ^ 
laaioijs.    It  i> 
fatorejreven 
H>oliïèaBort4 
"Aiidnioi 
thîiûgB,  Ôeori 
▼Bry  fesolafce 
growfl  and  sti^^ 
7t>a..and  her  yer 


^^     M 


P|^5«Vo«Hne^^Jienit  ^oqpt 


ianiit 


98 

tng,  hêà  giten  «feet  lôv«ir  )pemû»l<M»  »  itBJWd  im  «l»»«^ 

"XcftB  trust  Mis»  Bar»tdiie  iri^  tt,  G<t^r^,  «Ç\»i 
Wosbing  prettiiy  as  shi»  proi^onnôed  the  iteiine.  r,l  OttJ 
troàt  her,  1t)»t  not  Fanny,  wbdm  I  know  top  welL  ma  lu^ 
jdnrcouain  Philip,  whpin  I  dpn^t  know  at  aU.  I  ««ppow 
I  mmt  ie  mairièd  under  my  real  name^  and  sign  It  m  tje 
regittèr,  but  a  lew  urords  of  expHnation  will  suffiçetfoette 
lalrgymaiu  Waytie  i$<  my  mMae  al80>  açd  opt  ,i  8tt»U 
contintio  to  be  çàlted."  ^     ^.  ^j      ^  ^, 

"  Untîl  yon  hav©  changed  ifc  to  Baratone*  my  o^çiU 
èapn» tMied,  «  and  tb*  change.  mustb^VeiTBOoMvWo 
^n^foJ^s  to-wait.    TM»  wiîl  be  our  hpM^  atl^ïi»' 
marriftgP,  «w  it  is  hpw.    Attnt  Lydift  wpuld  not  he^  ïôr  a 
momoM  Pf  onr  deserting  ber,'*  "       .^, 

MîifcBarstpne  bad  liètened  to  tbestory  witb  arej^grave 


M 


a 


an«m<)t»gbtf al faoe^  ,    ,\    *  u^  * 

,  ««Itisfas  you  gay,''8be  rem«irked  tp  bernephô\r,^ 
TeryTemotepo8aibimy,tbPmé6ting  o£  Magdalen  ànd  hjnr 
«nemy  î  but  jet,  it  îa  a  possibUity,  and^j-aa  snphi  wortb 
conaidOTing.  Shonld  Bbe.  in^be  ^pndétful  coripe  of 
tbihga,  ôvfif  encpunte»  bim,  I  treinbte  for  your  future. 
Shplîas  a  powerfnl  will,  tod  seemà  bent,  wUb  m  bwr 
teight,  on  keeping  her  mélodrAmatip  Tow*- 

**follybentnow,  my  dear  aunt|  but  wbo  know»  Uie 
pbangB  tiaïè  and  bappineas,  and  hfe*8  new  dutieaTnay 
Iwing^P  Sbe  bas  been  suiïering  for  tbe  past  four  y^s 
Ifroïtt  the  conaequencea  of  tbat  villain's  work,  and  sp  bas 
been  rtnabîe  téfforget.  It  wîîl  be  différent  in  tbe  futtff». 
We  willafl  miake  ber  8p  happy  tbere  will  be  nP  room  lelt 
in  b«r  beart^r-anytbing  bîjfe^  vhole  worW. 

Dpn*twear  tbat  forebodmg  M^,  mj  ^ood  auntie  ;  ail  ^m 
ffo  well,  I  feel  as  tboogb  I  ba§  taken  a  new  leaae  M  life 
«nd  Jpy,  tbif  nwnung,  and  I  don't  wunt  yôu  to  darken  my 
«inshmebytbésiaàUeBl^olèodî"  .,,*  .v- 

**  And  1  wou't  !  "  sàid  MÎ88  Bàrstone,  w;tb  «pme  ot  Iub 
~«»a  iippetâoaity.  ^^  **-Q&  tend  Hftgdalen -to  me  î    1  Ukp 
*    MisI  Wayne  rery  ôucb  now,  but  I  intend  to  love  my  fjfcV- 
'  prite  nepbew'8  wife  witb  my  wbolo  beart  r' 

lûedalen  came,  blnabing  and  smiling.  bapny,  and 
jnS^y,  M  gentle;  and  good  TitUe  Misa  fiara^ne 
Jan^ed  to  berself  atjbe  notion  of  tbat  iby,  Wnsbwg  brld«- 
«M  ^écoiniag  a  hâ$àé  avea^ir. 


MAGDALBlTa  VOTït 


rs- 


rooiM,  put  her  Mms  aroima  hw^^i^  ^  w  l'^" 


bn 


«7  ToK.     t  "^*'**  www  Diue  I  "                    »   - 
Il  oomo  aoim.  or  <«u>nM  «m^i  «.az^ji 


«•  «vm„  uvwa,  «  ooms^  «Ha  «tend  »i>  with  Qe^^ 


BKGAGED. 


75 


.t 


of  run-, 

on  that 

telliog 

"run 


«p 


An4  otie  wedding  makea  inanyj  you  Itîïow  ;  »ii4|w]io  ei|a 
tell  but  it  may  eomp  my  turn  next  ?"    |  f 

^    An'd,  at  ttte  bare  idea^  Misa  Winters  went  ùp  i^d  dawn> 
in  little  Bpriaea  o£  joy,  ou  her  chair.  Lj^  v 

Soevwyboay  at  aîl  înterested  in  the  matt«r  bad  been 
l^ld,  and  eterybody,  étrange  to  relate,  waa  delignted. 

Oeorgefs  course  of  true  love  seemed  in  afair  wéi 
ning  as  siGaooth  as  a  snnlit  lake--<-not  even  a  rippl 
nsually  turbid  sea.    He  wroteto  bis  cousin  Phfli) 
him  the  jnbilant  tîdings,  and  exhorting  hi 
down  and  be  beat  man  at  the  wedding^**         ,     u 

Dootor  P.'  Baratonerwrote  back,  by  retnm  mail,  ma  rather 
oynioal  ooi^gratalations,  pi'omiaing,  if  at'all  possible,  to  be 
at  Golden  Willowa  on  the  gtand  Mcasion,  and  inpbect  the 
bride,  and  see  the  bridegroommkrng  bis  *'lej*p  in  tba 
dark.".     ,  -f''   "  ^'     .  .^    . 

Yea,  everybody  waa  pleaaed,  exceiT|MBP'l  .  .^ 
Goldham,  who  1^  had  vague  ideaawlp^of  taki 
Winters'  handaome  goTerneas  to  hiniaelf^  and  ann, 
ford  young  ladies,  wno  had  long  cast  the  eye  of  r 
the  goo^-looking^  Tery-well-ofE  young  lawyer. 

Bjjt  theae  exceptions  i^re  of  no  aceount, 
George  Baratone  UYed  by  day,  and  alumbered  b] 
ni)  in  the  aeventh  heaven— "  in  the  Fool'a  Parât 
lus  aarcaatio  médical  cousin  termed  it — higher,  inaeed,  u 
th«lfc  be  any  hiffher  Elysium.  l,    . 

*'And  we  Will  be  married  i^ght  Away  I"  he  sakd,  im- 
petuoualy.  .  "Wherefë  the  ua^Mggftjng  ?    You  bave  no 
authorîtiea  to  ccmault,  or  any,SWI^f  the  aort, 
aooB^èr  T'm  a  sensible,  reaponsible  married  man  th 
Aunt  Lydia  wai  be  pltoaed.  'Let'a   get    marr 
month  and  be  a  comiortable  couple,  like  Tim 
water  and  little  Misa  Lar-what'a  her  name  ?" 

Of    courae,^   Magdalen    proteated   vehemently 
shocked  at  suclfindecorons  haste.    It  wonld  be  rid 
itwonld  be  preposterous,  it  would  be  outrageo 
wildhnrryl    But  George  waa  aet  npon  it;.aid^ 

tal^ddown*         -   ■--- — --  •    —    ^  ^  _. 

"  It'^  Tery  hard  if  I  oan't  bave  my  way  before  marrtàgpî  " 

frumbled  Mr.  Barstone^  "  as  I  never  expect  to,  af  ter,  I 
ndwlicpai  bè  a  Xantippe^JftjéMMN&rasn't  that  gïr 
iiafii4|?ftûd  rule  thei5i|#%ith  thoae  flagt^^ig  WijM^'*-' 
éyesffxûé».    Jov'K  eng»ge  idl  1^9  dreismakei 


r.  ^ani 
-Falnny 
[fyMilI- 
rdon 

d  Mr. 

night, 
iiae,''  as 


bud  the 
botter 
next 
linken- 

onite 
nious, 
«uoh 
•^be 


M 


fs 


\ 


f  V 


f 


MmjyAim's  voir. 


to  that  young  lady's  «nbounded  delight^lu/eÇM  alft 
hohday  noj.,  w  th  ûothing  to  do;.tho8llonglâœtoSda« 


imi^king  Ih 


iining .  _  .„„ 

young  persons  in  t^e 

aftérthejoyg  of  ^fced  Hfé,  when  fee 

^rly  en^ked  on  that  sunlit  ^n  of  delte] 
wore  hl%  tol^  tbfl  choaen^lttide  thimUi 

tih^h^èM^tF^^  1%^^^  a^mmed  F««  to 
*fie  d^esn^.  kûow  it,  ôf  eoime,  and  I  wonldnvIaSnKn 
t''^  ^  Jh^^vorldl    Hownice  it  would  K  Ton 


^And  Phii  ifM, 

&Î;,  aûad  who 

lighi  bankc»* 

'  nm  George 

•nd  w£o 

it^alier- 

to 


"^^^i«B  w  flep  ftna  »«;  Hw  trust  in  her,  aud  sho  waa 
^tly  imd  unapeakaWy  tbaakfnlfor  thi  greît  Xd 
^''^nt^^^^^  It  was  80  8wèetyK,^ 


'4ro^er  place  withont  herj  ani  àhowe  tha/wo^^^ 
d««%^,  «md  hearts  that  woidl  L  hSL  i|  X  teïï 
^^'   ^'  ^f  „««»««>^Iy  «weet  to  knorffiJîhrw%^^ 


VB&misù» 


'n 


Baratone't  cbetsing^ioolii»  bfidrodm  aiid  -^$4^^  ai  sotte; 
fleamstreaBOs  sat  and  sewed^  in  tbe  bland  iiitiiiflhine,  eaà 
&Ska  Btift  ©nongK  to.Btand  alone  for  veïytiohneaa,  on 
«tnay  miasHna  aud  org*ndiei,  fit  for  the  qiieen  of  the 
feirie»»  and  oa  orepcund  lae«  draperies,  m  wbioh  tho 
Maid  df  the  Miut  mighfe  hare  robed  herself  ;  and  Famiy 
fitted  up-8làir«  and  down-Bt^ire  the  bWght  day  long,  oraay 
with  defight  ;  and  Magààlèn-,  in  the  depth  of  ,her  new 
blÎBB,  took  a  brightér  and  niore  radiant  beahty  th§n  ever^ 
and  her  happy  siniles  chaaed  over  her  fair  face  in  on» 
long  dream  oT  joy.  "*  .       .      .* 

Tke  darkneaa  of  the  paat  was  for  the  time  forgotten  ; 
the  flhadov  of  Maûnce  liangley'a  gùllt  never  came  to 
^arken  thé  glory  of  the  dajBÉlîttg  prœeût.       ^ 

And  Mr.  Georee  Barstone—.  But  the  KngliBh  lan-^ 
irnaffeis  poor  and  weak  to  deeoribe  that  yonhg  lawyér's 
inSneed  Btate.  The  dasty  earth"  was  iè  im^pable  air 
nnder  hii  boota/ the  world  wàa  E4«n»  and  ail  the  mea 
and  women  in  it  wingless  angeley  and  ne  himaelf  the  mo«t 
ble«t  and  beatified  of  mankind.      _  .       . 

The  second  week  of  September  Magdalen,  m  the  miast 
of  ail  fnsa  and  hostie,  snatched  a  few  day»,  and  went  on  a 
yisit  to  Miss  Nurse  Éaohel  and  little  Lanra. 

"  Yon  might  fetch  them  hère  to  live,  yon  know,  Mag- 
dalen,*» Mr.  Barei^nesaid.  before  her  depart^ire.  V  ^^®m 
is  plenty  of  room  for  evfbbody;  and  if  there  isn't,  well 
make  it.  Add  a  wing  hl^ilpa  a  tnrret  there,  like  those 
old  castleewe  read  ab^iit  w  storj-books,  and  ail  of  us 
settlé  dowh  sofeiably  toiéliw."         ■       .        ^^    :^ 

Mi^^daléh  lim^éd  at  the  notion  of  their  pretty  cottage, 
with  wings  and  tarreté  liagged  on. .  ^     ^  . 

"  My  md  nâtio  is  well  and  cômfcwtable  where  she  is, 

^S^haèBT^seîrfërë  fe  Ih  t&é  ôld  homes^id^^sonr» 


Won*t  retnôm  fe    Shè  oàir  come  with  li>tle  Laura,  and 

jnake  us  à  rWi  once  in  a  wwie,  irhen^ — j-  ^  / 

A  panse  and  a  brl#t  bl«Bh.  :      ^  ""  ^        ^  ,  i     , 

"  Irhen  we»re  marrîed,"  said  Mr.  Baâittittei  l^hg  her 

out.    "  Jîist  as  yon  ilèase,  Ma«^^JM^y  doç't  stay 

toa  long  when  yon  get  th«^ÉmmÊÊÊttm^  &  bQwling 

wildemess  withont  yon,j|g|^^^^^^HB|k  ,       ,  . 

The  atîtnmn  ^'^jj^^^^^^^^^^KÊ^^^'^ 


«"/S 


V8 


•MAGDAijansr  voir. 


Well-known  faces  peeped  irom  doors  and  wSd^tîhi" 

feft  <>&  mournii^g,  and  opjned  that  Magdalen  ÏÏl\wSâ  wîî 
ifrowîng  handaomer  every  day.  -o^^waro  wat 

tingm  the  blan<|  aftemoon  Buniifiine  with  liSr^Jt 
playing  with  the^briçht,  faUen  Ces  '  LUile  Uar^^S 
the  most  charmiùg  o?  ail  oharminir  lif.f.la  #«î»iL^^  ''■• 


'-f^'f-' 


nLSfl*^ww7w""i:i  °"®  ''***  ***  .*'»«»«»  in  *he  génial 
noontime,^when/Magdiilen  came  ronnd  the  anrfe  of  th« 

*  4^**^^*^®"  r  Nurse  Rachel  oried,  with  â  little  »n««m 

'^"v'?.™-     "Ohjny.darlingJslhiîîSVy^ 
oheek    ^^nn'^M"*^*/  thegirlsaia,  Idssingthe  w4klea 
oneek.     "  Yen  did  net  expeot  me,  did  von?    Aniî  îHW 
^ry  i^jce  to  gefc  an  agrceablTstirpriier^r?/?^^  0^^ 
pet  what  a  bnçht  little  witch  yoîi  are  gromni  I"      '  ^  * 

&S'wirkis'i  "^  ""^  -<J  opT^red  the  Wy.  baby 

iHii^^nïtZ?S'^'*^^"«^^   ^  are  glad  tose* 

-««  ?f  i"  wiilAnra,  with  a  little nod,M,eaI  irlad  I    DîA^ 
yon  fetoh  a  doll  that  onena  and  «!,«*«' îfo^«?T^::  ..._^^ 


ffilme?'  '''^^^^  ~'  y*»"  knowi'eanee  nnr»; 

;*Yes,  I  bronght  ît^  iianra,  and  Iota  and  IM»  n^r^ 

thxngs,  erer  so  nretty.    Wwt^ttntil  anltie?^  tra^  cSS2 

"Prettnrgood-ronly  tod  fond  of  molasses  taffvaml  «f 
î  np  aî^  candle-lïght.    Corne  in.  MaZl^^oSll*! 


f  : 


*^*"'''  rogaish  lam. 


table,  the 

lookînga^ 

"Gan't 


à^^iùpétf 


..>>p 


"  Vfrty  ftmd  ;  nnoommoûlir^l  î  foïideriftâii  yofl  are, 

KoTse  wwhel.'*  «>.  '         „      ^ ,  x 

«*  Ahi  I  don't  believe  thafcl  they  conld  not  be,  my  pet, 
Ahwyon-ryou  lik«  then^  too,  Magdalen  ;  bat  I  know  you 

""Very  maoh,  Tery  innoh— «o  muoh  thati  am  going 

She  bi!pke  ofl,  the  smileB,  and  dimplee,  and  roay  glowp 
ohaaing  eaok  other  over  her  bright,  young  taœ,^    ■'■ 
"ITo  whà^,  my  dear  P **  •■  ..^  ^ 
"  Marry  one  o£  th$m,  niiïriïey.''  ,  < 

Magdalen  came  over  and  knelt  4<wNk  bèfoM  her  old 
irarae,  puttîng  her  arms  around  her.^  ^ 

*'  Y(«,  iiîdeed,  nnrsey  ;  your  obild  is  golng  ta  be  mar- 
ried.  The  fairy  prince  yon  baye  been  promis^ng  ao  long 
bas  arrived  at  last.  Not  that  he  looks  ao  mnol^like  <^e^ 
▼ou  know/' said  Magdalen  Taughhïg.^        r     ,  ,  ^      .^ 

*'  Ob,  my  child  1  my  cbild  1^  old  Râobèl  cried,  breatlé^ 
lesaly  ;  "  thia  is  a  «urpriae  l    Wbo  ia  he  ?    Wbat  as  bis 

"He  ia  George  Bai%tone— Miss  Baratoné'B  nephewr- 
neitber  wonderfully  rich  nor  wonderf ully  handsome,  both 
of  whioh  the  fciry  prince  was  to  be,  but  the  best  and  dear- 
est  fellow  in  the  world  wide,  and  I  love  him  with  ail  my 

heart  l" 

Her  voice  faltered,  h^r  eyes  flUed,  and  het  face  ^ooped 
forwaïd  and  hid  itself  on  her  nnrse's  ^^^tfder. 

"  My  child  I  my  child  1  "  It  was  ail  Bachel  oould  wy, 
as  she  palfcéd  ceaselessly  the  bright  head,    "  My  own  lîtfl» 

"[agdal^l**^  4^       ,  .  - 

^  «  AnF  rm  «^ng  to  be  very  happy,  nurse— happy  m 

*the  days  areteag— and  you  and  Mbtreaa  Ijaura,^|iere,  aJW 


«iSrtu 


Bttn  snmea  on  i    Aien  t  wt>,  ju»uf  »  »         . . 
np  the  lïttle  bne  and  went  yay^ing  ^^I9im 


««Thank  God  1"  old  Baohrf  said^ferTenUy, 


God,  my\d«uv  that  ydu  are 
ph>  my  -1*1%  I  baye  *-— 
more  tnan  ï  çàn 
f<Hr/yengean|e 


\i^Èmm\ê»-''t 


mt 


"tbank 
p^e»t)a8t! 
on,  troubléd 
Itter  ihirat 
nov  I 


"  Fdivet  Uni  I  "  M.I^iK?^        Jorget  him.". 
marriJigBll  her&ir.  eirliih  i^Jii^.TS^*?VY'«>fa, 

alVOi — îotj» 


that 
trith 


no  bittorer  BorwfW  frS  ^w  ^Sl  *?1  *^«" 


being  revenged  on  Maurice  Lanâéf  P  X  %'  ^'^'T^  * 


trod  tho  flo<9Bt;6r  ^ôr  old  ex^ited  m«Jfe 


>t«r|atrc 


and' flâshing^es. 
There  8eeiiie4  «  hor^blç,  nnnatural  diUol 


"IwiU 


Ir  Wye  him.    f  wm  wé' 


eiwoeA 
idjpmg 

"Nerer,  " 


Wej^te  heTÏ"  ;aingStly  oX  b 

jmongh  to  marry  m^L^^l^^Sd  JLI'"^^^^^         ' 
make  hiia  a  ttue  and  f«thfal  and  lovia*  SS  .^  f  ^' 
aot  Wo  iny  Tow.     Neverl  n™  r^W  l^  '  ''^ 

«ta  look  i«  hia  face^  ^4  .S  nofc  JrL^îii'*^lH^ 


YoaTïé  in  yonr  luurflAffed  irnivA^A  i/«,*  *•- 

%ip»tiehtly  da8b^«dl|Ki\St^^^ 
inynewhappinesa^œ^ 


f» 


^  ^ 


» 


ksB  eaéer  to.find  Ifonxioe  ÏAngl^v  vltèeems  ingratitude 
to  theaead,  iiiioiiatroiis and  uQaatati^ af ter  ail  thei^  misery» 
for  me  to  bé^so  hiopefcil  aud  light-heafted.  ^Bfd;  rm  o^ 
•  girf»  yoo  kaow,  and  loan't  h^lpit.**  .  "'h'' 
*"  She  took  Laura  in  her  arma  acain— that  oliubbv  little 
damsel  «taring  at  this  inoomproiensi^  tallç  iiritn  wid» 
^tt|^  Une  eyes  of  wond^f .  ,  ^^  ^  v  <:iv|  ! 
#^«*My  pretty  rose-cheeked  bal^,  do  j^on  tbinir  anntie  biM 
<takett  leave  of  her  sensés?  Never  mind,  nurse  JÈaU ^fe 
Qs  sçme  tea,  «nd  we  won't  talk  any  more  abont  thlbse  oph 
agreèable  tbings.  We  are  golns  to  bé  just  as  bHtb«  asthaï 
birds  for  tiie  next  three  days,  little  Laura."  ^ 

And  the  girl  kept  ber  word.    No  blither  orei^nre  ever 
livedo^earth  than  Ma^dalen,  when  the  great  trda|MJB(^ 
her  life  could  be  sh'nt  d6w«  deep  in  her  heart-Hii*''«eett ^if 
that  no  shadow  rose  to  the  surface.     8he  rambled  witïi> 
litl^te' Laura  over  hilïs  and  fields,  and  through  the  wooda  i 
sbefed^e  cbiokens  and  driassed  her  dMk,  and  made  ap^./ 
astonishins  little  romancés  for  her.deWtitatiôn»  and  was' 
almost  as- mierry  and  as  muoh  of  a  child  as  l^ura  heraelf. 
.    And  «pithe  thrt»  dtitys'  grâce  ex|Hred,  and  i|agdal«a  Vas 
*  going  home— y(«,  Oolden  Willows  waa  btune  ûow— never 
tadorne  bacV  to  llie  old  homestead  m  Magmlen  AHwArdé; 
"'i^ou  will  db«t  aud  vn^  «\o  i^avried,  Ëaehel  P  **  thd 
■aid,  wistfalîy,  Màiug  v>wt  H^r  haud,  to  saj  g«od-by. 
.     /«^âoiilLTOOW,  BW  dear,  it*«  a  long  way,  and  l'm  nôt 
nsed  tb^ï^ing.    l%en  hère  is  littto  Laura.    Qh^Idoik^ 

know.**  * 

%  <!Bht  I  fehoiild  UHb  it40  mnohp^Racbetf^' 

-«   Still  Eaoliel  shook  her  head.      .^ 

"  I  don*t  kao^A  mt  deiur.    I  sln^d  like  it  «ftyselli 


nôt       'iM 


H  '  X  oan-t  promue. 


^U 


Pu  try.    The  huit  •nàrada^r  ia 


Auntie  will  fet^  her  I^l», 


lapi 


Ôotober,  you  n»  f" 

**  1^,  ao  |ry  (  I^  ^P  œake  me  doph 
by,  nursA^-^ood-by,  liioifï:  Auntie  w 
girl  «oi^eAiiig  «ondArfally  handàoiMinext  liiEte/' 

So  Htoâblin  depArtMl,  ahd  went  l^k  tover 

»<r'  hhf   MÏÎtrfitn^    htinhand-  — Want    ''^^ 


••* 


^  ber Vref'  tlpnoe^  wHioh  w^n  d 


tieni 


topfltfU 


^M 


S^ 


KAO0AIiBir«  Vow. 


>»BB  VROM  SIITO  SIITIÏ,' 


40d  patient  «riifcchei  sS  bv^hïw^  *\l  ^*™P  ^"'««d, 
*î<>u^  «,,  d  lier  #ws«É  «JmifîïS  !^  ^n*^»^  prépara- 

*^f  ;,Np^'  Jloii^  1^  ,e<K,^^^    •  *«■«•»  «M  Mi88  Baiç 
gW,oneeTr  /     ^^L^lil^»»*  ><«• 

mUcb  longer  thantf  heaveTf    fJ^SSf  ^??'  ^eddiii 
»«r  ;  suppose  irou  are  fliarrie^  ir        ^i^'Â  "  I^««"n- 
Of  course  Jlr  IUi**Z.  ««nr**  D«?  p  »»- 

,  .  Jaagdalen  m  Me  W  «r 

Wamr^  M  not  A  imimy 

ciKBe  m. 

*'l«she  aaleey,  Qeorat  ? 


«^e  dirait  of 

Jr  .^Ftain  if  ^omr 
»  »it  faolt."  ^ 


,S'/ 


V* 


-c^ 


M  ib^  wêL  ï'oa  haive  been  very  «ood  to  pqor  old  Aunt 
Lydia/and  yonr  happinaas  «hall  not  be  postponed  an^oor 
longer  than  is  possible.  New  Yeàr's  is  réry  uear  now  ;  yôu 
mostmalce  tliî»  impatient  boy^e  happiest  of  husbi^ds  oa 
New  YeM*s  Day.'* 

George    loolced  tery    jieadingly,   Magdalea'  bltiBHiM,^ 
«niled  aud  shyly  held  ont  ber  baud.  ,,      . ,    .      ^ 

^r**He  bas  been  very  «)od,  very  patient,"  said  An  fit 
Lydifi,  "and  be  basearaed  bis  suaar  piufns, and^all  bave 
theia.    And  now,  my  children,  if  you  will  leavé  me,  I  wiU 
|ry  ikftd  «leep.    Donft  send  Fanny  up  just  yet,  Magdalen  ; 
%aitfial£anhoar."/  .        «         , 

The  lovera  depaxted,  and  went  down-stairs.  Ueprcrs 
iapper  awaited  him  in  tbe  dining-room.  Tbe  girla  had 
4ad  tbeira  wbile  be  kept  watcb  in  tbe  sick-room. 

**îhéLime  l'U  take  a  walk  in  tbe  çardeu,.wbile  jrou  eat 
your  sppper,  George,**  Magdalen  said.  "Tbe  nigbt  lu 
lovely,  aiHk^the  air  of  tbe  bonse  oppressive." 

"  And  wtïu  a»e  as  pale  as  a  spirit,  qiy  dariing,"  Geor^ 
answer^,"  kissing  tbe  wbite  cbeek.  **  Go  and  see  if  tbia 
icy  December  jrind  will  not  bring  back  yoar  lost  roses." 

"Tbey  newr  were  vefy  brigbt,"  Magdalen  said,  langjif. 
ingly,  as  sbe  îhreW  a  sbawl  carolesi»/  over  her,bead  and 

went  ont.      «^  *.<:S5 1^        •*  i 

The  wintèr^night  was  indescribably  brighfrapl  iraatifnU 

TJp  in  a  sky  bf  clo^dleas  bïue  sailed  tbe  l^mtmas  inoon, 

ivyftal  clear,  silver  brigbt,  i*itb  conntlesssiwptling,  frosty 

«tars^    No  wind  stirred  tbe  léafless  trees.  aèd  tbe  mùwy 

>  grouud  ^littëred  and  scîntillated  abd  flféhed  baok  th« 

#tbimmermg  luster  abové.  . 

"  And,  oh,  bow  lovely  it  ail  te  î*  cried  Magdalen,  draw* 
ing  a  long  free  breatb.  "Sweet  and  aereïie  tdjÊAm  »<>• 
Mif  î    A  fairy  eartb  under  a  magie  «ky  I  "     \    ^ 

Sbe  ran  d^m  tbe  st^  and  en^red  the  wuMMr  wmÊ* 

As  sbe  did  ao  tlae  fate  latah  sharpiy  clioked.    |^  f^apoed 

%fer  ber  shoaider  fnà  n»  %.ama  oobm  m.    ySkAaâm 


The  man-p— aed.  teo,  a»nhe  gâte  and  gnryeyrf  ih» 
Éiteâ  front   M  tbe  boaat   wîtb  a  ftraoge,  irtm^ik, 


lyHiiil  frniif  4rf  tbeTonsa  wîtb  a  ftraoge,  irtm^&, 
liiii<»liiiiU:  maoner.  Then  b«  walkéd  np  the  patb,  ë^iiif 
and  bavlctiiigly,  and  i^ping  ofteo.  ^      ^         ^^ 

«'Wkit  oan  th«t    Min  wantf"   tbettftht    M^gdaihpi. 
**m    «ta  «tispieioady.    Kl  ^eds  to  him,'* 


u 


vow.* 


TOj^ed  in  the  moô^Ji      ^   ^  ^""^  «too^  qfSij  re- 
^eetaaUy  Sncwled;  ^  ?^^  »  pn»«d  doim  tÉiat  it  wui 

Vm^y  1»  »M.  lu»  .^  dttrti-i.  "Ihi,  i.  OoM^Ï 

th»l£e  .h.'^bo™^'  "»  »  <*^  "  •*«>»«  «d  l«rting*„ 

îfî.'"".;f""«' Williel- 
lt  »M  ail  ajie  oonW  orr  bstvoim  i.„     • 
k"M",  holdinir  hiin  ï»  !»  ît?:    ^  '•'  ««mur  teitt»  ma 

dww  dwling  brott^y  j 


▼on  Wifniit  k-  u_^  T#. .""«:?»  *"w.     *  iii©  <>|d  wemattw^: 


tBBB  PB0M  SHI0  sma. 


8» 


"^ 


:  ^  1^  he  irare  I  hwf ©  I  How  else  ishould  I  know  irbe» 
to  find  yçni  ?  Aud  so  this  is  your  home  npw  ?  *^  jerldag 
his  tbamb  oTor  bis  aboalder  toward  the  boQse,  "tam. 
yoa're  a  governeas,  Mag  ?    How  do  you  like  it  ?" 

"Very  well."  i 

i'J* Thev're  gQod  to  you,  are  they  ?*^  ^  ^"^ 

-.«VerygoodjWilliê.'*  ^  *  '     , 

**  And  youVè  goÛK  to  bé  married,  old  Baebel  aayft  ït 
Boems  fnnnyl  LiW»  It^gdalen  goihg  to  be  jnurried  I 
Wbat'a  tbis  the  ohap's  name  is  ?" 


AUward^  said,  with  aliarsh,  strident  Jau^h.  '*  Pretty  ai- 
fair,  that,  wasa^  it  ?  .She*B  dead  and  bnrîed  now,  «nd  thft 
littje  one  is  her  yery  imager^not  the  leastj^ke  ita  hand'^ 
Bo^ejbapai'' 

*^Wilfiè  t  Willie  !  how  bitterly  y  w  talk  1  howitrangé^ 
yov  havo  ohanged  I  "       :"  '  '  -*«;   ,     ^-.  "  > 

"Fot  the  botter,  bèyt  Where's  the  WllHe  in  thé 
Tarniriiçd  boot8,]|Dd  sQperftne  dr«»*cpat)B,  and  ffolâttods» 
and^o^  7  Frenoh  kida,  you  uaed  trknow,  i  wonder  r 
Thia  ÎbUow  hore,"  looking  down-iit  himjplf,  "  in  the  rough 
brogabB,4inà  threadbare  paiit8,rànà  gr«^y,  out^st-elbow» 
coat,  jan't  mnch  like  him,  ia  1  e  ?  Bnt,  Ijhen,  we  don'^ 
oom&'IUMne  from  the  ooll^e  xJiwe  just  gnkdnated  afe. 
m  the  he^ght  of  the  atyle,'*  he  Mifrghed-^  aharn,  œirthlâil 
kaffb,lnat  made  Magdalen  ahiyèfe.4  '^  * 

<"îf  a  onJy  one  more  itpn>  dow^jirfche  long  aoeonnt  ^vô 
fot  to  aettle'with  my  t^énd  Maurice  I^kbgley,  i  ' 
«•9t  him.     Don't  wear  that  white,  acared  lace,  œy . 
■Êh  won't  talk  ab<Hit  it,  if  yon  like.    het^»  look 
^^f%j,  f<H»'ve  grown  a  handaome  girl,  Masdalen-  — ^- 
tÊmm  MUm  erer  Lanra  waa,  thongh  yoa're  fike  her,  i^o.' 

Ujêgâaâm  pat  he»  arm  thïough  her  brtflher's,  and  dw^w 
I*»  fiito  ée%U0W  Wi^k. 

"  Oo*e  m»  w#y,  Willie  ;  I  don't  want  an/  oi^ 


^%,  iioking  a^  l^ÛQ' 


t»^9niaJ«^ 


t 


•'  Harffly  m  tWa  ti^m.  Don't  be  afraîd  of  hnrtwgpby 
ie^lin^l»  pfi^  ^Making«  my  ^^r  girl.  I  bar»  n»t^lbe«B 
^màumkmtt  ot  thme.  von  know.  for  thepaat  fonr 


of  thing,  von  know,  for  thepaat  i 
ant  to  1^  in.  And  I  ^Éa't  Biean  lo 


want 


éàà^ 


m 


MÂ|G«)ALBN'8  V(m 


^me  inaiated  «ni»  so  rtrônifr  Mdîu  I  hi^  i,  '  'u  * •'" 

the  worH  too"  l?*i,ê  w,"Î^^L„^S  T  "S^  "r*  •"»"  » 
JBOB  oanm  J   î>  ™™ij  t  "">'  TOnnd  tog8ther  by  «u  oom- 

rbot"^^^"?"''^»'  -^^W»  t"^l™  «TiSfe 
toift>e8re.tSii>g8inï^^ÔDÔn^i;'*  "Tî*  "'"  '' 


MMfice  Langley,  do  you  mean  ?» 
..i^^^^T"*^-   Maurice   Lawrter.     IV.  a  imi^    Â. 


eom 
payît.* 

yongoinf'todol 


V        .J 

1* 


FHffiS  IBOJC  SINQ  SING. 


87 


p6iaôa  KaiiTieç^^uigléi^  a  hanging  matter»  jonaee 

—ril  only  pat  him  ^nero  I  came  from— Sing  Sing,  and 
liardlabor  tqr  thç  beat  years  of  his  natnral  life  \r 
,  Soute  of  thô/fieroé  fire,  smoldering    dnskily  in  thé  re* 
liiniied  oonTÎOjii's  eyea^^lighted  ap  suddeuly  thoee  ixCMag- 
m$ou.    '  *'     /       /■■■■■."'"  .  ,,';*•-■    -, .-. 

«Williê,  éànyoudQÎt?    Oanyou?"  /  ' 

"1  can,  and  i  wiU  1    Don't  yoa  be  afmîd,  ïlagdalen-*-         , 
m  ntake  Maarioe  Langley  ctirse  the  dav  he  ever^jnet  me      ^"M 
&8  bitterly  as  he  bas  made  me  curBe  it  I  Fil  fiû'â  him  if 
he'saWe  groand— if  tlîe  dévil  ba^  not  been  befere  me 
«ad  oome  for  bis  own  ! ''^  '  ^ 

T*'Tliat'8  my  brave  brotfaeJp  î*  Ob,  if  I-were  only  a  mani 
I  would  leave  ail,  and  go  witb  you,  heart  and  sonl,  thia 
«mpnient!     I  will  uever  rest  on  ibe  same^  earth  witb 
jlianra's  destroyer  P  V     ,-    '    -  ". 

"  Hallo  î  "  cried  WiUié,  afeonîsbed  ;  "  tbat's  bo^  you 
feel,  is  it  ?  Don't  you  be  af  raid  of  my  letting  bim  eacaçe. 
Tbe  fox  runa  long,  but  is  caugbt  by  tbe  tail  at  làst.  VU 
find  him,  never  fear — ^let  bim*id©'Wbere  be-  may  cboose, 
Iwonld  know  Maurice  Langley's  bide  onalmsb.  Oh, 
my  little  girl,  State  Prison  for  a  chap  to  finish  big  éduca- 
tion. I  went  in  a  lamb,  comparatively  speaking,  and  { 
bave  oome  ont  a  tiger  ;  but  tbat's  enougb  abont  it.  I 
dont  want  to  make  a  tigress  of  you,  and  I  won't  keep  y^ 
bere  in  tbe  cold  any  longer.  Fve  seen  you  and  iha» 
énwïgb— you're  well  and  faappy  and  l'm  glad  of  it.    Be  • 

food  woman,  Magdalen.    If  you  can,  and  make  your  bu»- 
and  happy,  and  lêave  Maariœ  Langley  and  irfiottipg  and 
-  Tengeanoe  to  me."  ., 

"ini  aid  you  if  I  ever  bave  tbe  power,"  laid  Magdaleii, 
risolutely  ;  "and,  as  a  beginnmg,  you  must  let  me  keep 
you  ia  fonds.  You  can't  iweep  crossings  or  carry  bods, 
'  and  you  kno^^it.  You  bave  no  one  to  borrow  of  but  me. 
Hère  »  my  p^rses^there  are  fifty  dollars—enougb  lof 
Ûkh  wwnth.  mon  you  get  to  New  York,  wnte  to  me— 
i  iral»endyomiiore--ornp— Write  toEacbci--your4et*eal 
«m  oope  uiaâlMr  eover  fooitt  her.    Mr.  Barstone  iS  verjff 


«an  oome  nwmx  eover  irom  uw.  m.t.  ^hmbwu^  "  J^^i 
IrSfnuBa^iaHl  «KKl  ;  but  jrrat  beoau«B-iie-*«r  ktœFuud 
M>od  it  burts  bim  to  tbink  any  one  belongiiig  to  meabould 
Se  otherwiée.  Tbe  less  be  heara  of  mv  family  affairs,  tbe 
îiappi«r  ho  witt  feel,  and  thia  sort  of  «eoooalmwit  doe» 
Wmnft-itijury,  yoound^rstanà;?," 
"AU Tighl?  said  Willie,  bo^idayi  pooketing  thepum 


^t« 


L- 


# 


iï%'' 


ThlïïLSS'îi.^iîî' *?^»-  y?»  look  i„«  fc„«^ 

The  less  said  abont  me  th»  Wf^  r*  **.  ®^  "<»  »»«• 
Bome  otter  name  and  SUiw  ti^f  i^  «*ff «L  *^  ^^ 
wig,  aog  be/rin  tiiv^»ïi?#«^T^^T'^***  wliiikéw  aod 

fl&d  iim.    aJod-by  -        '  ^  "^  ^^  *  "*  ^«'^  ÎTork,  ni 

.  *^^/?«ll'roXtb%ïœ^^         ^"^^  *>«*»  »»d  khaf  t 

fr<Srîh{S«s"a^l^^  ^téU'V^  ^^ 
f4mnyitandingTAvb^^l.*&S?^^^^  «^ 

iiol|tinher\Snît^fK^^ 

iboiiM 

•wm  Wmie."  -  ^ 


■i'      .  .     . 


*'■ 


FKBB  FEOM  I^NO  SmO. 


^ 


..^■MvmghAji  vagaely,  t'ï  idionM  tfaink  they  hadn^t  0Q|ht 

^^?^ki(»atij  Gther  B^rson.    Annt  Lydia  is  loroTer  holdmg 

'IfagcUlen  np  ag  a  Duràing  aod  shining lisht  for  ne  to im- 

Itate,  and  Bne  sàTs  l'm  iriTolons,  but  f  don't  believe  I 

ironM  g<^and  aot  like  tbat.    If  I  was  gdng  to  beinarried 

to  Pkil,  in  a  month,  JTto  very  certain  I  wonldn't  méet 

otj^er  men  in  ^e  gronrnlSf  by  ni^hirand  and  bv  Btealth, 

jand  kiss  them,    oonplgded  Fanny,  witb  an  évident  sensa 

,, ' ,^,;;of  injùry^;^  "'-.,::•"' -/^  .  "-^  ..  :  '-'^ '■^■^i :-•'>:  ^^  - '    • 

,'    The  yonng  lèidy  lingered  by  tbe  windo"W  alter  Magdalen 

.  lùid  the  strange  man  had  cusappôared  down  the  Willow 

Walki    gazing    penBiyely  at  tne.  moonlight,  and  wait» 

■'  ■  in&     "    ■  '      ■    ■  ■•'."  .-.."■■•i-., .  -^^   - 

Bbe  was  képt  waiting  hàlf  9k  bottr>  and  iras  beginning 
•  togï^w  ratbcrr  impatient,  wben  tbe  twain  inthe  garden 
oamdiiQnt  in  the  moonligbt  and  lingèrèd  aà  instant,  wîth 
\  dajped  hwids,  before  parting, 

-^  Tne  man  da^ed  ofE  toward  the  gâte  at  a  liringing  p^(^ 
*  «nd  Mias  Waynevtnraed  slowjy  uptotheboase.      ~— •   vfe 
"  Who  canTO  be  ? *'  mnsed  Fanny.    " If  it  trew'^" 
^    fatfaer  or  a  brè^to  or  a  finst  cousin,  even,  it  wonldn't  K» 
Ao  fnnbh  fa4rn^^aJi^^)«figh,  I  dare  say,,  George  œight  objent 
^|^,î'fl]nit  cousin.    But  Magdalea  bas  no  relations  wnatr*" 
4wi|>  exoept  an  old  nurse  and  a  little  nieoei  ^Stt^t^jemr  I 
beérd  her  speak  about  f  then  I  wondef  wbo  that,mi^icaii 
bë  ?    It's  vedr  0^4  ;  bui,  Isapposé,  she'U  e^plaiii  it/i^h^ 
ahecomesin.     •  )  -      .5.     ^,  v 

,"  Furny  déscended  at  once  and  enoountered  nerffpverr 
V.  itess  in  tbe  lower  hall.  Miss  Wayné  k^ked  -mj  pale  and; 
""  «nbdued— otherwise  there  was  no  changée;  * 

Ckorçe  came  Qât^  of  the  dining-rapn!  atthe  s«me'mo!> 
'      ment,  osgar  in  j#»utii>  book  in  hand. 

.  "  Fanny,  «re  you  hère  fèt  ?  '  I  thpnght  I  told  you,  hait 
'  îV  »n  hour  Ago,  you  wwe  wanted  in,  the  fick-roora.     M^- 
'  dideu,    I  beg^  to  thluk  youwer» JoSt.    Why . did  yon; 
linger  so  ?    ron  lôokjmle  and  hall  orosen." 
i-  1  «< Now  1  *»  thooght  Fanny.      ,  •    '  ,. 

lUÉte  âiiT0r,  tolraed  të  ge  ^|tein,  wxk  # 


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unsatisfaotory  r^[il^  : 

little  worn  ont,  I  beliete.    J  shsB 
ifc'and  lie  down.    Brany,  ii  you  sit  ùp  unta 


joiâi^gbtl'U  i|lië?»ptt  then.    âoodiiight,  Oeoigt^" 


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UAai)AUsisi%  vow. 


^BhB  «m  Ughtly  np-steir»  and  yanished  into  her  oim 

cW  rd''S!L*'w''  f  '^**^'  disappointed  to  his  book  and 
cigar,  and  Mise  Winters,  rery  slowly  and  with  a  nreter- 
naturally  solemri  face,  wended  li«r  J^rr  i^^uT^zl  PJ?*®'" 


£r' w  «    S^°T*^''°M**^®^  «'o^e  back  to  upbraid  her 

Ïm^^^  "^A-^^^î"^^"  '  ^^^^'^  bâte  ^oS^ 

ifii^f !:!?:?  reaolv^  to  otfer  un  her  inclitiationa  on  the 
-^tar  of  fnendahip  and  keép  ^agSalen's  wioked  aeowt. 


.  V 


OvTîR  an  eartii  of  snoW^lad  whiteness,  in  anoMmiiui 
jr  cnmaon  glory,  sank  the  sun  on  ^^m!X%^^^ 

«,d'îj*V^  Ittrid  sunset— the  whole  trestem  skAbLaè 
^h  .black  and  brassy  bars,  flaring  behind  the  JSrtS 
w^n^^ï*'  ^""^  ^^i^ring-prophetio^of  coming  chaSeïî 
When  the  burning  Jrea  of  j.an^t  had  faded  anl  gonT^^ 
The  a^t  sun  of  thb  old  year  had  set,  bnraiS^and 
wrathful,  m  a  sky  that  was  liké  a  «pa  nt  M^.liFv-i: 

S\^i  MagdalL  Ali:a^î«  ^Si^lifi  Kp^'eVjl* 
hind  the^nme  wooda  and  vanished,  leaving  thîtlnmvf 
oniinons  bîaze  behirid,  foremnner  of  a  coS?ng  storm      ^ 
M*gdalen  Allward  stobd  by  the  dravhS-rooS  w?^dn» 

-rvil"dil^Ll^/.Pj??.*^«X"T  ^^^^  bitter 


«ime  ana  nigb  Jay  piled  theNsnow  drifts»  thia  bittur 
New  Year^B  eve  ;  icy  and  wild  ble^^  lon^.^nn^hlI:i!l 

«round  Golden  Willows.  A  dead  worid Ty^gîn  SshroS 
:;;f^ï'^^  ^ndiiesolayon  and  the  ooldneJ  of  thaîSTe 
everywhere— -tHSt  was  miéJhiù  brida^adt  »h^  u3u7 


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ShewM  quite  alone  în  tliedrtwing-r<Jd|ii,  tlie/pïetty» 
..4»inty  drawW-rcMBl  of  Golden  Willow^.    A  nf#  carpet, 
ioft  an4  rioh,  |Ked  the  floor;  dainty  nef  draperie» 
"•hadtdthewindiÇ;  élégant  new  famiture  gleamed  and 
;  glittered  in  ail  the  j^ry  of  Frenoh  poKsh,  m  tbe  light  ol 
Ihe  «parking  coal  fi-e.    There  w«re  f  eatopiis  of  erergreen 
éûd  Brilliant  scarlet  berrie»  over  the  doôrways  and  Win- 
dows, unfaded  sinoe  tbè  Chriatmas  festhities,  and  Ma^j-  ' 
*-dalen  atood  jn  one  of  theae  green  archea  Ipce  a  pictare  m 
a  frame.    On  this  eve  of  her  new  life— for  the  firtft  tune 
lunoe-her  aiater's  death— Magdalen  bad  en^irely. ^carded 

her  mourning.  "  ,'   ' .''''')i<'  r'^^'^i^-^'-      ^' 

She  atood  there,  in  a  floating  robe  of  nearl-colored  orepe, 
that  waa  ahot  with  rosy  gleama,  and  whioh  bluahed  aa  ahft'  ' 
walked  ;  délicate  ribbpns  and  lacea  fluttered  about  hor^  a 
bandeau  of  pearla-rher  lover»»  gift-ahimmering  m  her 
'    bumiahed  hair,  and  on  her  lovely,  uncovered  neck  and 
'  arma—aa  fair  and  atately  and  aweet  a  bride  aa  that  Bettin|f  : 
Bun  aKbne  on  the  wide  world  oyer.         ^^  ;    ,      ,     ,     i^ 
ï!ie  hwt  little  pink  cloud  of  that  tropical  aplendorM 
^  tbe  weôtem  çky  feded  and  died  ont,  and  alwi^Iy  the  dnU,, 
creeping  grayneaa  of  early  night  darkened  down  like  a 
pall.     Ont  of  the  oold,  aomber  àrch  ahone,  ateel-blue  and 
iroarkling,  the  f roaty  Deoember  àtara  ;  for  the  late-namg 
mwm  would  ûot  be  hère  for  hi^nra  to  light  the  snowy 

Slowly  thç  darineaa  crept^np  ^m  tho  hilla  arid  the  to» 
^   topa,  and  tho  broad,irhite  âeWa  ;  moqrnf  ully  waUed  the 
winter  wind  around  the  eavea  and  gables.    The  honao 
waa  very  atill-HBO  ominoualy  8tîll|yon  might  hâve  thonght 
ik  thé  eve  of  a  funeral— not  a  wedding.  «     ^ 

George  waa  not  hopie  fi^om  Millford,  Misa  Baratone  waa 
aaleep  affcer  her  lat^T  dinnèr,  addyanny  waa'np  m  h^r 
room;  wriiiiife  a  letter  to  PhU—*  torrent  of  reproaohes  for 
hisrefnaal  to  be  présent  at  the  teddmg.  .      ,1.^ 

Outaide  and  iuaide  a  aolemn,  weird  hçah  Iay>  and  Mag-, 
dalen  Bhivered  in  the  génial  warmth  of  the  rOom,  with  a 
aeaaation  whicki^^g8peoglg,i^i^*^8^^^ 
over  my  grave."    Her^wié;  itt^e  paHid  IfiHfïlgnï,  www 

oolorless  aa  her  dreaa.  *,  \  ,        w  -î*i.  -  iv«ni  ' 

«  What  ifl  it  ?  "  Magdalen  aàked  heraelf,  wip  •  tçtUl 
and  aihiver  1  "  what  ia  it,  thî%*ainele8B,  nniab  fotebod^ 
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A^ther  instant  and  Oôcw  oame  ia  «Iglit,  wiûkiie 
.i»|ttdly--another«id  the  haB  door  bad  ^eâ,imd^ 
f^^^l^'S^^^^^'^  ofl  kM  l>oots  and  taESt  o^ri^ 

^^**Sn|nceand«oUtud»-^kn^  Hère; 

•'^^i"***7"'l.^«'^  •«  ^n  aU  ?    Coma,  «ma  ©Aon* 

y  m,  opened  tha  door  of  tho  dralHng-room  and  sair.  te 
the  Iraping  flreliçht,  the  tall,  white  filre,  wi^thTûd^ 

^l^one,  my  deMpit  f  f  Geo*fe  aaid  wirk  a  sioat  loyei^ 

^     ^"JS  ^  ^**"*^  I**»  g(>t  Bomething  tôt  yon  thii 
îreldi  ^^'  ^"  "^'  «wn  on  tha  nielanoholy  ave  of 

"  Aa  the  writing  U  of  a  pw-tidnlai^  Mj^jiaraote^  «nd 
as™  hâve  hut one  correa^an%  I i^Kl^V Ï^Sr 
aet  jt  dowh  M  trym  oM  Jarte  EichT^«îi.  taVfmî 
»jdte,andlet  n.  see  i£  tt  can  oham  «î^^*dS2 

^^Hetoased  her  tfie  letter  and  w^kad^oToi  to  tÎÉafl|% 
Magdâen  tore  it  open  and  bar^  fappr«aMd  a  crr  ifr 
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D>Aj M.  ^-.  ^^i^ 

I  ahppose  yon  irffl  wiot  tr  hear  ft»m  ma;  aran  if  I  hav» 

*ot  hi»ttiftt^d|||*wig yà«  a llna.    I ùa^mmâl 


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«U^,  «ndr  wheb  h«  does,  Ihiâû.  him  in  tli«  boUow 
ItanoL  Yini  don't  undentand  f  Ko^  inatten  >  I 
aiore  «zplioit  anoiber  tibine.     ~;      j 

Takeoaroof  yoùrèèlf,  sod  111  take  oarè  d  •  WiLLOi. 

TheMwiM  «n  «ddtein  «ft  tbe.end-^soaie  loir  idseeon 
the  Satt  Sider-to  whioEL  «ii«  was  to^riite. 

Mi^g^iden  onimpledthé  noi»  tip  and  thntlit  ifc  lato  âiê 
pook»t  of  her  dra»  and  glanéed  ^ver  tbft  other  «pigm. 

It  waa  <^  tbe  tbortesl,  a)BO^#riting  being  np*biU  work. 
to  poor  0^  Baobd-^bni  ii  UAà,  Magdalen  «ba  iKid  Utile 
Xaamwèro^éll. -. '.-^'     '     ■'^'\-:',  ■       ■'■■  -  ^-  •  ■  .-"' 

We  are  both  mnob  obliged  to  yott  fxa  onr  new  clotbet 
(wreteNane  Baobel),  aâ/if  we  oaa,  irell  com»  to  tba 
-vedding  on  NowîTeai^s  Daj.  I  want  reiy  mucb,  indeed, 
to  866  niy  nnnliiig's  hasbftad,  bift  I  don't  likè  te  My  X^ 
tt>QK6 for -cortldn.  V  -s-,   -  * 

Ifagdalea  drew  ik  long  oroatii  ibf  reli^  aa^abe  iolded  np 
tbe  letter. 

WUlirand  nniae  and^MN^i^VB  ail  wellrtbm 
eeorge  was  yonder^  witli  wilÉ»  to  tbe  fire,  wbl 
•nd  waitlng»  witb  tbe  bapineat  faœ  jnan  ever  wore. 

Siirely,  ^eaentimenta  #eré  very  foolisb  tbidfgs  ;  i 
flbe  waa  tbe  lillictt  and  most  snapicionarnot  to  mj 
-^ioked  of  oreatarei,  to  tempt  Froridenoe  by  tbeee  doaj| 
«f -Hù  gOodnOM.  -  • 

"Olb,"  abe  tbongbt^  tooking  np  at  tiw  tetely,  «taf^Ili 
•ky»  "  bow  mqph  I  baTeie  tbaMEfol  for  I  Wbatagrlktefii], 
"^  ippj  beart  I  iboald  Inte  tbis  nigbt  1.  Wbat  am  Z  tbai 

esMiigreboald  be  beaped  npon  roe-^batl  «boiild  làany 
tbe  a^atk  I  Ioto  and  bonor-^bat  I  iboold  bave  a  Inpmr 
liome  and  bdata  of  MidMt  lnenda^wb{Hit'eoln»ny  in  tb» 
ftn^  world  snffer  Uf^ltktig  iïia%rdom  f  ^ 

"  Mjr  œonmf  ttl  vMagcUilen  ï^  atàà  " 


«oming  ot«t; 


Qe<Hge  BantomiÉ^ 
v»«u.ue  «,». ,     vbai  jT  îrblte,  sOftowfiilfioe  yon  Wflir) 
Xen  ure  attMMorlâBB  %nd  ap^i^nd  as  yènr  dmi  :  ' 

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hâà  Ugan  to  think  joa  wwe  repoiâiig  at  ^  eWeiitli 

^^M  BhaîC  nwvr  wpmt    l  imèn  ii  jon  "w^ 
George  P"  *  *  %,     ;  * 

Her  thotiçhta  went  back  to  the  gréai  tronble^f  her  life 
--to  thiit  sblemii  vow  ahe  had  taken  npon  ^ersell  Wonld 
»  ever  oome  between  tbem  to  darken  tbeii^married  Utoi  ? 

"No  donbt  I  ahall/'  Mr.  Barstone  gaid,  tbdughtfnliy 
Btïokiug  hii  whiskera.     "l'in  onlj  nMaial,  and  no-more - 

froof  againat  Candie  Ifctnrea  than  the  reat  of  int  bnthron. 
believe  big>feIlowr1tke  me  were  made  to  be  henpecked 
and  anubbed  and  tyranniàed    over-— abject.  oringeTS  to 
petfctcoat  government.    I  don't  prétend  to  be  better  than 
the  reat*  rVery  likely  I  ahall  repent;  bot  111  tiT  thé- 
matrimonial  experiraeùt  ail  the  mme."»  ' 
.  Magdalen  amiled,  biit  ahe  alao  amotheréd  a  lîttle  ptingi 
gBie^aght  to  tell  hito  about  WiJlie,  ahe;  thon^t.    1%  ïm 
wrong  eyen  to  hâve  that  aecret  from 'faim.    And  then,   - 
Fanny  knew.  ""She  was  certain  Fanny  had  (^^that 
noctiimal  meeting,  from  imiinmeraM<d  hinta;  a^^^HT  ao< 
tnallV  dyinje  of  onrioaity  to  know  of  the  atrang^Pr 

"  If  1  teU  her,.I  mnat  tell  George/'  Ma^dSnthonght  ; 
*'^d,  poor  fell<»w,  that  créât,  good  heart  of  hiH  ia  aenair 
tire  where  I  am  conoerned.  I  àhonld  like  to  apare  hin». 
if  I  c<ipld,  It'a  çb  pleaaant thing  to  h§ar *hat  "the  oonvicl^-i 
brotherpf  ti\e  wife^he  loy®  comea  cleéping  hère,  like»  *« 
thief,  in,the  nighV- afraîd  to  ahow  hia  'face  in  open  day. 
No  !  I  will  apare  him  titia  and  trnat  to  Fanny'a  d»i 
oretion."  '      ' 

Aa  if  her  thon|^t  hàâ  evoked  her,  the  door  was  fbmà 
Hftpetnoual¥  OMn,  and,eiiter  jfiaaWintera,  witha  mighÇ 

"It's  my  'Mocidight-on-the-Uke,'/'  burat  forth  thé 
y<?,nng  lady,  flirting  ont  fer  flomte  with  both  banda; 
"  my  *  Moonîïght-ôn-the  Lake,'  Magialen,  tbat  the  dreas^ 
maker  haa  jnat  bronght  home.  It  «ta  (oy%  ;  and  tb* 
train  a  a  yard  and  three^qnarters  Idng,  and  tbeae  pnffinga 
ef  tnlle  an  oôraage  and  8hô|alder  atrapa  are  piei^tly  de^ 
liciona  1  It'a  the  new  oolor^  George,'^on  know  I  Ibii*|  it  ^ 
the  aweeteat  thibg  you  ever  tàw  ii>  yojir  Hfe  f**  K  ^ 

"  "       "  *   ^S  likeÎT  %  ia,  to  a  «onl  eapable  of  ap- 
-     It^a  xather  •  wiahj.wwdit  alEal^, 
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«<Neok  «nd  sleevet  I  **  i^Uiïfted  Fanny,  with  nâî^tlioniblii 
iKMNm;  '*wlio  evar  hesrd  of  iMok  a&d  sleevoi  in  a  bail 
ât«8B— étnpidl  The  oonase  i«n*t  toç^  low,  lé  it,  Hm*  < 
dalen  f  Annt  Lydia  savs  it  ia  ;  but  tkexh  Anàt  Lydia's 
notioïM  are  old-fashion^  Why  on  earth  don't  yon  ring 
for  ligbU,  George?*'  îftid  Miai  Winters,  fiiùging  heraeu 
into  a  loir  ohair,^  Her  *  Moonligfa&-oti-the-Lakô^  ballooning 
splendidly  aronnd  heiç.  **  Engàged  people  are,  for  ail  the 
world,  UKe  bâta  and  owls,  eternà^y  mooning  in  t^dark^ 
Hpwsi^tyoar  new  pet^rls  look,  Magdalen  I  I  consider 
it  very^shaboy  on  Qeorge's  part  not  to  hâve  ord^red  me  a 
aet  ai  the  aame  time.  I  dropped  Phil  a  hint,  too,  and  ail 
I-got  for  it  was  a  mbbishing  trumpery  garnet  ring."  . 

•*Phil  bas  no  money.40  spare  for  gimcraoka,  Fanny,*^ 
George  said,  gravely,  as  he  rang  for  light;'*he  ia  baW 
Maateraon's  assistant  ;  and  tbén,  tbére  are  dèbts,,con*. 
traoced  years  ago''— >wit]^  some  hésitation-— ''^  wbioh  hè  ia 
hohorabhr  trying  to  pay  off.-  Poor  Phil  has  to  work  hard 
I---80  h>rd,  tbat  hb  cannèt  spare  time  to  run  dovn  for  the 
weddihg,  now  that  MtiÉtelrson  is  Iftid  np/' 

**  Laid  up  r'  repeatéd  Fanny,  scomiolly  ;  *'I  don*t  bo-j 
liëtehe's  ^id  np!    It's  either,  pare  lâ^gravation  on  hia" 
part,  o^lazlness  on  Phil's  !    Don't  tell  me,  George  Bar- 
Btone  I    l'know  better  I    It's  my  usoal  Inok.    I  jteTer  séfe 
lûy  heart  npon  àftyttiîng  yet  tbat— — •" 

.  <' Please,  ma*am,  tea*8  ready^''  intermpted  a  smiling 
little  maiden,  popping  her  head  in  ;  **  and  Miss  Barstone, 
abe's  »>waitihg."         <  ^% 

Fanny  bounoed  qp  àt  once,  forgetting  her  grievanoes  fa 
the  cravings  of  her  appetite,  #Tè  h0ar8  pld,  uid  led  iha 

iray  ^  the  dining-room.  W 

jKiss  Barstone  had  been  conveyed  dovn>4tai|ps  to  dô 
Ëotfortothis  festal  ecoasion,  and.  sat  ai  the  head  ôt  the 
table.. 

''  For  the  last  time,  ray  dear,"  she  Baid,  sm^ngly,  look* 
ing  at  M^gdalen.  '*  To-onorrov,  and  îsït  the  rest  of  voiur 
happy  life,  yon  willtake  my  i^aoe  as  miskees  of  Goldea 
wSfows."  ^ 

**  TTnleni  wmethlng  dionl^  tnm  np  betweenthis  and  to» 
norrow  mflvning.  to  prerent  the  naptials,"  sas^eirted 
Fanny,  with  gréât  eyidetit  r^s^  at  the  idea.  '' There's 
many  a  slip,  yon  know.  Kow,  Annt 
yoiur  froWTunjj^  or 


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m 


ûiàiiàijàmrim. 


talking a]boat  it  wont  mfike  ife  bsnp9B,  will  H?    And» 
maniais  piu»  postpotieci  is  never  Ifeity,  ma  tbis  niamiigt 


WMtoliay^tam  |»laoe  turo  moiitha  ago.  Jo9t«a 
nor,  fèrTinatanob»  wben  Magdaloifs  in  tlici,  chiâotL  aa< 
the  minis^r^s  Bajing*:  'Il  anybody  b«|re  prei^t^fioira 
anything  t(»  prêtent  this  marriage,  1^  them  ôo^Ttorward 
«nd  decIarQ  it,  or  l<^Ter  after  hold  their  peace  l  '  And 
«oppose  eo^é  tomet  larw^vûn  mvat  hâve  bad  lorera, 
jÇit  lui6w,t  Magdalén'-HBfaoBKP  aiep  eiiit  Irom  beitjnd  à 
piilar  and  cm  in-  déep  basa,  '^old  !  I  forbid tbe  banà  I^ 
Woiildn't  it  1  be  jnet  like  a  obapter  in  a  note!  now  T** 

Fanny  lobked  aoi'osa  the  table  with  eag«reyéi  as  gbé 
binnohed  this  poisoned  'arrow  at  M^àlcn'a  gniltf 
breast. 

*'  Tbat  irill  smite  he^  ia  a^tal  place  I"^  tbongbt  Misa 
BarBtoue'a  lively  ward,  *'  and  dtelji  blnsh  «md  be^y  ber- 
aelf."  . 

Bat,  to  Mits  Wintem'  disappointmetit,.  Magdalcn  aalf 
lan^ed,  while  George  gcowledblaokl;fr, 

"  I  wish  to  beaven  yon  were  a  ohaptér  in  a  ibiOTel,  M 
Winters,  eo  tbat  J  migb.t  deposit  yen  in  thê  fire  I    Ujs,». 
cannot  ohoose  a  more  agreeablé  topio,  be  kiftd  enongb^t» 
hold  yonr  tongne.*'     * 

Fanny  sigfaed  reeignedly,  and  bâd  it*-for  two  aeconda 
and  a  hall.         „      ,     '  ... 

"  George  must  know  ail  abpnt  it,"  sbe  theof^t/lreffrèt^ 
fhlly,  ''or  ghe'd  no?er  look  bq  ijidiiterent.  It  mnst  bave 
b^en  a  ^tAt  co^Mn,  too  poor  to  t>e  bmiight  tn^  and  jhe'a 
told  George  ail  abent  it' 

Snpper  oyer,  George  wbeeled  AnAtLydia^ito  the'draw- 

^  ing-room  ;  but,  degplte  ber  obeery.  preienoey  oonverMtieik 

Ikffged.     Greathappiaessdoesnotmakepeopleffamiloae» 

^^«[Q.  (Sheorj^  and'Kaffdalen  sat  very  eileht,  botb  bearta  too 

|[  <tf  bliss  for  wordB  or  amiles.. 

Annt  Ijydia  âid  ber  beat  ai^d  Miss  Winteik*  atràgglea 

' nJLhaa  Jnor»a>  bnJutilLtb^ge,  Ji»>g>  w^l  bSaJ» 


*'0b,  dMrt^  oried  Fannie  with  a  gréai  and 
*  *  )  >y»«i^  '^  tUs  is  slow  !    I  always  thoii^g^ita  wi 
— ^ — j^  obeerfnl  tbingî  but  for  the  fbàim 
'  tt  Ton  WkàWm  V^yne,  Mr.  " 


:J^i^^s-, 


^ 


'^: 


I^f^ith  whi^  lïîtfcer  Wproaoà,  11»  llrst  bridMnnrîd  aidled 
jror  to th«  piajo  and  «Nmjred  «  hornipipe.  Bot  thenSd 
toeiancholy  of  theoQcasion  hi4infe6tiBdiier  and  tKe  homi 
*^^î?.*  S*^**'®»  ■**'*'^'  »  ^^'**ï«  prelkninait Bteum.- 


7^100011  looto  down  from  the  olondton  akiM. 

Oïl  mofontftiu.  t&Ui  and  river  ;  ''""'•'''^  "**'^ 
A^  «  tl|«uand  stara,  with  pâ^iiiff  ef««. 

ForeTfrandfore^.  /^^    ^ 

Bfft  ne^  a  Ught  fil  thé  dlMMoe  gleaina; 
Ho  eye  looks  oat  for  the  rover. 

Ilii»8wMtiM)ntted,bee4iaantadokivert     ^    ~ 

'  IL 

VU  birôheB  droop  a«  tiiey  drôoped  of  old. 

O'erthebaaksofthisIoiiélyHTer, 
wjoae  waton  xoU  aa  they  tuive  rôllad, 
^  Forever  and  fore-rer. 
Bat  nevw  a  Ught  in  ihé  diBtaiioe.dcain8 1 
.Noeye  looks  ont  for  tlDB  ioTer. 
Ob,  «#oet  be  Toor  sleep,  lore-«weel  ba  jtMrèmam^ 

^^Wb»  swaet«)efblifd,lS»iùion«eà  olovar  t 

lno$a  the  flo«rof  «he  waaiy  ywunL 
i    Iiik«  the  flow  of  tbis  flotHug  river  j 
Birtdwl  ttt  mr  beari  ara  ItofioiMM  and  fean, 
Foravor  and  foiawr. 

Bnt  ii«var>ll|^»^'%  distance  «toaitt»; 

;^o»y«Joqhr  gï<.|ar.ttta  rover. 

i^B'aeeft  im  juui  elvuiii  iova-^i^M 
Under  tha  btoecbining  oiovav^ 
Tbe  aweet-eeented,  bee-haaoted  olov«H~? 

^•^4it  litwerihg  itoteà^ied  awETaod  agaltt  tlwfr 

p^^    la  tba  wrà  6f  a  wadl^ing  er«r  fw^f  1 


îatj!'«^.;jf.. 


98 


lËA0Di 


Thé  86ir,  who  «tonds  lî«ppj  tààmmy€^,J»0t^ 
ni^t  wiU  beyonw  aô  l©neer,J^e  dajghtw.ifhûi*^ 
baftotif al  «nd  be^oved,  brooding  by  thé  fire,  «ner  t^^Mi^ 

Jtony  waa  wght.  The  eve  of  a  woddtog  ia  but  fc  •htO» 
iwsBietoiicholythanthftefeof  afnnwO.  ■■  jJh^.-- 

llafi^en'i  thonghts  had  gone  dnltme  away,  WW 
F«n^  snng,  to  Làu>»*B  grave  y  under^tho  bloaaoniing 
dover  i^'  and  that  clond  which  darkened  her  lair  laoo/evet 
ai  hêr  dead  «ister's  m^mory  lay  darkly  tbere  îww.  ^^Mm 
-«aaTOtone  saw  it,  anâ  underatood,^,  ^«<>rge  WW  iVm^ 
wondered,withmaii'8  impatient  patti,  t^'^^.^^y^*»®)^^ 
or  alivo,  shottld  oome  letweett  him  and  the  yonuffl^Çj/ 
loved.  And  stUl  heroioaUy  Bfcrng^ng  to  *he  Ift,  theré 
clafefcered  abont  their  eaJrs  Fann^'s  irrepreadible  chatte^.    . 

"Heayen  hel^  yonr  futnre  hnaband,  Fanny..  toid 
©eorgèfin  the  finit  panse.  "H  ever  mortal  matt  waa  to 
bepitied,îttflhe!'*  ;   \    :  *,    j  v^        i^ 

That  long,  peaoetul  evening— the  laat  Maedalé^  wœ  to^, 
know  for  sooh  a  weary  while-how  it  haunted  hôrin  those- 
stormy  comîng  daye  1  She  nestled  for  tho_  laét  timent 
Misa  Barstone^s  lap,  with  a  senae  of,  xneflabW  resj^  ^d 
•^neaoe.  To-morrow  there  wonld  be  ûwa  and  display  and 
Soitement,  and  a  orowd  of  peopte  ;  thîs  bndal  eve  was  ail 
theiif  own— eacrèd  to  themaelTSit.  -  .  ._  , 

George*8  faoe  vas  altdgefchêr  mdeacnbable  m  ito  glçnlied 
béatitude,  «id  Ma  infatnated  eyes  mely  wandered  from 
that  white-robed,  sBining-Kaired  viaion^l^ing  ag«îM*  ■ 
hia  liliut'B  great  arm-ohair.  .^  ^.^^    ^- 

"<To  thW' thonght  lir.  Baratone,  witb  httle,  rap. 

tnronathriUa  mnningOTerhiin,  "î¥*,  1*^»»  "S#^:w 
,  advertiaed  f <»>  that  ïime,  in.tbe  Herald--mî  wtfMhat 
.    '  that  taVkatiye  BngU^h  woman^bo^  ^^':^!^^^âi^^. 
^     iùj  mte, 
most  . 

the  atin  vbone  on  I  **    „  «.M-t^  i>«-„a^        'a 

"*»  I  ââi  àô'm'  Phît  îb  liot  fe^be  hme^  -l^»-Wwat©nejMa 
aaid  once,  aa  it  greW  late.  '*No  one  elae  ahonld  hâve 
siood  by  yonr  aide  on  yonr  wedding  day,  »e«J«^^^f  ?? 
•  .,  w,ir,ttty  chadren,  aa  it  growa  late  let  ns  Ç^  'iiiWhto- 
»>^w^.jaQod.Aiirht.  Oeorge,  g<»d.ifight  ïanny,  giood- 
^^^^^^  btoiijNffattl"      .  ^^ 

•  toideepa  wink,* 


•^; 


talkative  Bngliah  woman  borpd  me  talking  about-- 

irife,  that  lovely,golden-hai/ed,gray;«yed  girl—the 

beantiful  thing,  f  thonght  then,  ai^  I  think  now. 


* 


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^^^^ 

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f 

f 

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'n 

HAODAIiBini  WfiI)BIK6  HAY. 


fli» 


, ohfâ 

wai  the  ete.oî  hiThaSiigl  -"'^  ""^  T  ""^^^  "^^^  ^  ** 
lîJ^  y«»tt^  olinffinff  pressure  of  the  Utile  handl^  i-^ 

mthepnrolearch  rode  the  midnijrht  mé^  Ej«?^ 
Sittuitf  donna  m  the  Inxiirious  little  rookinir-cha£  wîS 

âS  ^»»tî^  ;»ed  on  ifa«  g^n  by  wMohïhe  Biell.  «^ 
-  mndinc  *ha«t  »» 


!,  fi'^â 


V» 


'p.. 


ll^ficbàeii  ifaroTe  to  «r  ottt  in  her  ^e»p*  |wit  »U  ttmiia 
ixwln  hwpoMyMàà  hpiH^^U'taottlUeft  wwe  abaorbed  flj 
SSrone  lwii%  of  «)^g.    Onthut  dead  l«e  wasajook 

™S^gTr^n«e,  and  «»«».  .^^.^i'"  «P,?°ï?^  ^ 
To  be  followed  by  ^lI^otbé^-Iianrl^..^i^ 

Iw  the  bier--«giin  *bat  nàmelesa,  wating  drôad  froaeher 

a hoUow  Voice «poke î         .        V   *.-       i:^    ^-.t»/ > 
^<  She  haa  awom  wid  aee  bow  ato^^wjw  ^^^^^  - 

inor<iiiP<v<»laer  atarked  np  and  awoke.  .     u 

totheteart.^  Thefireb»d^o«^«iedi8i»^dajmmi^ 
Se  room,  fche  ftwnp  bterflod  dîmand  wan  on^e  ^i^  »Bf 
ber^edding  day  Êad  ooine.  -Pid J  aa  a  "JS^iJl"^'^*'* 
roee  ùp,  tîie  blank  borïor  of  ï^^fr^»?»  J»?î*^«f/^î.H  * 

ihiT^    'VlTm  dtfiii^  irrong.    Tb0.  gbort.  ci,  tbrdead 

^^w^^ï^*^  V  Bb*iraa  toemWiiigf^ 
to^t^tb  Wmf  ilitï^ton.    rrbe  minutea  woje  oj. 

Sk»^  and  th#lifé  or* new^wr ir^^  waa 

to  be  like  no  otbet  m  Magdalen  Attï*^  OS*  ^  -^«îtv 

From  tWit  moment  étant»  bnmedoa  Mih  •JWPW 

ibat  left  bér  novUme  to  think.    Tbo  «wrmge  ^  K,*»^* 

îwdding  brtakfti«f  to  be^^At»!»^^^  ^tf^hS? 

S^k  i?j^il^^îàee,  *tta  thep  «^^â^Sf^:^; 
»w*î-^^îSter  of  lflo<jmi»g,  »^  4^ 
fc^d|ipttlwï^tb«n  witb  1^^ 


;--^ 


■:x 


^i^AIiBîm 


'i-'¥'..:::' 


Bnlf-fflled  ^th  pMple,  and  she  wm  stondinz  brforeVMJi 


S*d^r.  *••  «^  j»»..'- .to^*"^ 


-  Aad  thon  it  irM  tiiil»'I»rth»-Md»ta  dnii  h»!...^-. 

wgS;  ISf  diSL.'"  """^^  '  ta»  th.  tria,  .«r 
i£^^^'^  ^'ï*"*"^»»»^"  tWiïmmiiiii 


,:< 


iM  MÀoDAUnnB  yow. 

ioL    Ifs  Ml  old  w^maa  âuii  oîuii«  latt  ttight^  with  •  UtO» 


jou  rilsht  «way,  or  Bomething  âreaftfiil  wDl  îu^pp^,  and 

"^er  «4  lût  as  jon  oan.*'  '   '        ^ 

1^«  young  man  was  qaite  ont  of  bftMW  with  this  loii|[ 
■peeoh,  and  paused  hère  'frtthà^gagp.l  ^^^    /    *     '-\      v 

Magdaleorvbite  a«  ber/  dteaa  aa  ahè  liataned,  haÉid  herJ 
hnaband  «dliBg  td  ber  in  tba  hairwithont  :         ^ 

'«Better  horry,  Magdillen^tiine  is  on  the  wing—past 
de?en  o'dock.  ■  ^  i      " 

«'Qôbaok/'  Magdalen  aaid  to  t}i{B  Vonug  maa»  ''tell  ^ 
ber  I  will  be  wltb  b»r  in  hall  an  honr/' 

Sbe  left  tbe  room,  ran  np-gtain,  and  in  tan  minutsa  «at 
baoki  xlrewed  for  bef^o^rney.,   * 

The  good-by»  were  jaid*  George  bftnded  ber  into  the 
oarriag^  sprang  lightly  in  after  ber,  and  took  bis  seat  bj 
ber  sicie»  '    '■  -  '    ^■•■ 

''Tell bim  to  dmel»  iibe  JfiUf<^  Honae/'  Magdalen 
ÎMid,  "  my  old  nurse  istbere  and  3i7ant8  to  see  me.*' 

George  gave  the  order.  l^%  qâarter  çf  an  bour  tbef 
drew;apattbédoor.     :  .,•,;„       , 

/     '♦  Wait  (or  me  Bere,"  K«gdalen  taid,  **^I  will  not  keep 

yoalong*"  ,  \x^ 

Sbe  f oUowed  tbe  waiter  to  an  ,upper  room—opened  tb^ 
door  and  foand  berself  faoe  to  faoe  with  old  BaobeL 

Tbe  old  woâian  tri»  sitting  «fer  tbe  fiire»  rooking  berself 
and  moaniiig.  CitUe  Lanra  Iras  jp«irobeâr-Dn  a  lûgb  duûr, 
gaaiiif  ont^of  tbe  window  at  tbe  buay  street.     '   *   ■-: 

Old  Baebel  started  np  witb  a  agréât  ory  at  tbtf'sîgnt  of 
heTniu^ing* 

'■'*  Wbat  is  jtrBpohel  ?  "  was  Magdalenls  flrst  question. 

It  bad  (|omo--4bat  unknown  bonror  sbe  bad  waited  for 
—sbe  wasqot  aveu  snrpriaed,' * 

Bnt  old  BSi&hers  solo  anstrer  was  to  sbnok  away,  witb 
bofcb  «r^tkfttitretebedto  Iw^  bœ^S^iœd  *  iso»  tsûl^ 


■  -M 


\  V 


blank;  speecbîess  ^mBji'  ... 

<'Whatkit,fiaobel?>  'Magâatenrfit0Mteâ,«skuigiu^ 
hmà  of  Utile  Lanra,  who  bad  ron-to  bar  wit^  a  gleafnU 
éhildish  — 


_^  Itty, 

<<6Wtnyobildl  my, 


«ikiU  i  wiu*  iM^  ion  don*  ?  ' 


i^^^ff 

•iid,<::'-'-\'  -^ 

1 

l^,            .. 

Wj  ■  • 

•  ' 

p-fc 

'^•J 

'*«»/■,■" 

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tai«D 

■' 

tSey 
lE«ep 

Maif 

biof 

ion. 
dfor 


»  : 


J 


AT  TSB  OPS&A. 


108 


^  "Thftt  maa  I  tha»  mi»  i  that  nTan  yoo  iiâtti«a.  thia 


Tfie 


4««o,      ^*"  h^tï^  ^yon»  Mag^en  Mwaràl 
ie  man  yoii.married,rftfrn^drnfeig  wMawioft  I-Migley  I-*» 


■.■» 


,-** 


-    V 


CHAPTBBXUI.  ' 

V  V   *  *•    .,.1*1'    •   ,        ■  :.  ,  '  ■      , 

■-■"■■"      -*"  ■  "AT  Tp^  OPURA-.     .    ■  '->,:  ■,'..;,_ 

•^  Thbbb  râ  »  deiid  MilM».  .  Magdalen-atood  itwjW  at 
A '^ji"%J*"*'^,™"*°*®  tomore,  ntterly  nnable  to  «mi^. 
Amid  aliaè  NTdationa  she  had  expeotâ  to  hear,  i^oW 
novwr  ekpeoted  thig.  ^       t  '  C  ^ 

fnghtened,  waïUhff  voiôe.    '*  Oh.  ay  child  l^rSTiai  \^ 

^.J^^*  ^\y  Hy<»^  marryjhat  man  P  "  ^ 
-  JÎÎS:  *ff**^^*?  ***'*?  MagçRloti  tound.Toioé.    The  flrafc 
stoniitog  blojr  of  m  iiiilo<*ed  Jq»  au  aanooçoement  paaaed 
and  attar  moMdoHty  <Mune  to  her  aid.     ^  ^^ 

But  ol4  Baohd  ahook  fitoh«Éd  and  wrtng  herliatoi. 

SfJ^H^îJf"**^  T^""  *rickodne8a  and  treécîSy  ïïd 
iuisehood  of  thia  ginfnl  woridi    »— ^^  ^  — - 

coold,  bufr-oh,  my  ohad!  my 

lat  làarry  Him  ?"        \     >      "^ 

'^pem,  £or  Ood's  aiùia,  hvidi  i 

-     imh^^rià?.**'        ^  '^^^  *  paasionate  ^tunn-thia 

/  yr»^"^,  my  Godf  wliat  a  thi»  you  are  tdlingmeT 
(      AreyitttoymiftodrivememadP"^^:  '^  j 

Baoh^  ncoûed  in^terror  befoia  that  cdarlaba  faœ. 

" MMTdalen,  don*t  look  like  that  !  My^arlin^^rhiDa 
4  I  onght  not  to  bave  m  you  now,  whenlt  i^  WiaSvKt 


X  wonld^Mre  yon  ^î    r 
Chili  I    ipy  were  you^  ^ 

'ra^is  my  wedding 


IM 


fm%rr:tr 


ibe  nKht  ot  tihàt  nnui— tht^  Manrioe  X«ilglfi]r<-«£tat  aE 
thèse  yésn,  standi^  bv.  jour  «ide—TOnr  IktisMmd  l '^ 

Tbe  old  nnne  pansed^  for  Haedaleu  had  tnrùed  apaa 
hen  fieroelj,  «od  Miised  her  by  the  ann.        > 

"1%  icmot  ime!'  I  tell  you  it  «i  not!  Youaiede- 
ceiTed— «fcraaigely,  horriUy  deoeÎTed  I  WbUt  crime  bave 
I  ever  ootnmit^  that  t  BQDuId  bç  tbas  acottrsed  P  The 
maa  I  bave  married  is  the  ûoble^  man»  tbe  gentlest  gentle* 
tnaa  God  eyer  made  t  ,  Corne  bere  and  look  at  him  and 
tell  me  if  George  Bantone  bas  tbe  faea  of  a  mtirderer  l  ** 

She  ^sËrlr  âi«^;ed  ber  to  tbe  windor.  1^h«re,  fnll  in 
▼iew^  sat  Mr.  George  Bamtone,  animatedly  obattinff  with 
two  ot  three  fitray  acqnftintanoeSf  Bûd  .vearing  as  nappy 
and  oareleAs  a  face  as  that  New  TeaiPs  s&n  didue  on. 

«  Loolc  at  bitt  I "  ôried  tbe  gtrJ^  exoitedly.  -y  Iiook  at 
tiîat  frank,  open»  hoQ.est^iQe,iôll  ef  aothing  bn^^iodneii» 
and  géodnesB  fdur  a!l  «Dankina»  and  tell  lue,  îà  it  tbe^lBe# 
pf  a  gambler,  a  sednëo'jVi&urderçr  ?'*         .,        .  "^       ; 

In  her  pasnonate  (»oitementyOertdélytbatgéinî(^^^ 
tenanoç  was  a  àta|»;^rer»  dyj(n  to  QAcb  coûTi^        as  9acb- 
el's,  aiidlboi  Hag^en^fireniy  at  biérrey^tioii  £d|^btàied 
her..-  ■  ■■'■,.■'  ,  i-C  ' 


B»an'B  Éot  noue.    ï  hobe  it^  not  Maiiii^de  Ublgley.  F^^^ 

Imt  it  l«^okB  Ufce  hiittl  *^^^^^^^  ^^^^  ^  ^^  ^       V^^ 

'* Looks  Uke  him  I **  Hiigétlêii  rrat^îtéd,  eoiitemptn- 
'onaly.      ■.■^,;  ":.■■  v:- -;-,■•■-■  •■    ■;,;^'%.  A, 

-  She  lot  ff»hér  hold  ol  tbrold  ireoiiiiyjc&dkaiièda- 
gainst  a  tabie,  mntiag  ai(d  pale. 

*'Yoa  hatemghtened  îne-nearly  to  déatl^  Baobel,  . 
she  said,  laying  her  band  oA  h«nr  flntteritig  heart.  "  Bov 
cotpild  y^  do  it  P  ,  Looks  like  him  I  "Wliy»  ionooent  men 
J^e  h^  hanged«  before  aôw,  for  thoèe  aiiM^^tal  like* 
neases.  *My'poof  George  t  How  ooiild  1^^  who  knoir  yon, 
-feè 4K>. J^^mtJU tftdgubt  yoïi  f^. a?9#. j^  i»rtMit ?  H<^— 
no-^HOo  Haohel  I  ^«a.  thonsand  timea,  no  I  I  sfaçtild 
té  itty^if «^  my  eidvation,  on  tia  hnsband'è  innooenoe  !  X 
ild  f»  «oon  beiieYe  un  ange  font  of  h^T«i|  oould  fidl 

L'tiMt  ICaisHlee  Làâgley  and  George  B«fstoAe  «être  en» 

td  tlie  ia|w<''  '  '  '  ' 

««Biili^ao,  mjr  d««r,^  whiapinsd  Baohé^  fÉHfiîri»» 


fà 


*.3-:<ct 


^''Sfii'**!'^*?^*  it<  ,Bnt,  oh,  dear  I  dear  I  he  doe»  1^ 
•wfnlhr-Uke  bua,  to  be  aiire  I"  ^^ 

«InL^'^TSÏ**^  *%^^.^  **^  BaclTôl/'  «lid  tbe  bride,  re»^ 
^»^î  / Ji?  1  T^^î  »»ûpo"ible.  George  is  teutb  anS 
jandor  itaelf  ;  be  bas  beitfd  jny  atomMid  be  knows  wte 

vôa  tbrnk,  if  your  bomWesnjPitiott  were  tri»«,1iewo^ 

beartetf  tiUwna  are.  ail  cowarda.  Ho  wonld'  bave  béTZ 
fraid  of  me,  weak  mrlfchat  I  am,  .  Besidea,  it  ia  tbe  wildeaÊ 

Some  mmd  8biiddaniig%âd  wam  me  wbé&  be  waa  neiur 


■^s 


love  my  bnabaod  witb  my  wbple  h«ari;  I<  I  lote'^im  and 
,  Jionor  tim  beyond  ail  maokind..  I  irfU W  if«»ug  him  bj 

«ne  BBroiûten.    Georoe  Baratone  ia  abora  ïeproao&  I  ** 
Har.  fiwe  tnmod  radiiuit  witb  perfecfc  womanly  tni^  ani 
'^^i^'^îîHî  T  ft*  *»»^  '^«*^*    '^'ï^  »«d  hertwo  banda 

witb  the  flrat  smiie  l^er  :6m«bad  wom.  ',  '^ 

^*/!^^*  ï^*"^  ***î*  ****•  '^^^"^  <>'  *^«»  «»3  l 'ml  forgaî  it. 

,  a«  if  ft  bad  nevèr  been.    And  now  I  nkx^  say  gooî-bye. 

Oeorge  growB  unîwttenVI  oan  see,  and  onr  trSn  ititàrta 

aoon     YpucangobacktoNewHamiwbireknowîngyoS 

wan  a  love.  Good-bv,  dear  old  nuney  ;  good-by,  mv  Sttle 
pet  lAnra  ;  you  abaÛ  botb  corne  and  ouifce  mai  lonir  viS 
irben  we  retarn  and  settle  down.»'  wng  vwia 

And  tben,  witb  a  kias  to  eaoh,  tbe  brid#  waagoné,  leav- 
ijgarqstieof  ffllk,  a  breatb  of  aweet  p««fwûe,1irJÏÏl  wj«e 

— «ftirberbright  amile  of  undoubting  lore  and  oonâéen^ 
^-aaw  hia  baK>y  anawering  glaaoe,  «nd  aU  witb  a  diamil 
«hake  of  lier  aged  head.  ^»»m^ 

JPwQ  bon»  itfter  old  Baobe)  ^»â  bar  iiny  oWn 
bwk  to  fcbe,  old  ÎÇw  «        *^'  ^^5"^ 
-«ndbar  ' 


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106 


MAÔDAOIN'S  VOW. 


^Wà 


l'hère  was  to  be  bat  a  Inrief  bridai  tour,  Mjç.  Barstone^     ^-tàp-^^A 
basineaajnid  Miss  Barstone's  healtb,  alike  forbidâitigpro-     :WW' 
longea  absence.    They  were  to  romain  a  .week  in  New 
York,  tfaen  joumey  to  Washington,  lineer  thére  another 
week,  «uid>tnen  retam  «t  their  leiaure — ^the  whole  absence 
not  to  extend  ovèr  the  first  honeymoon  montb.- 

Mr.  Barstone  took  fais  bride  to  bis  ftiTorite  hôtel  nm 
Broadway  and  instslled  her  in  his  oVd  apartments. 

There,  in  that  same  snnhy  parlor,  he  and  his  bride  took 
their  first  téte^ptâte  Ineakust  where  he  hadsat,  scaroely 
«ight  months  before,  reading  that  heap  of  dainty  billeto 
from  twenty  nnknown  yonng  ladies.  ;  .^ 

"To  think  that  it  was  Iny  wife  I  was  adtertisinrfér, 
aftér  flAl  I^'said  Oeorge,  asberelated  the  IittU{  ooinoiaenoe 
to  Mi^alen.  **  To  Ihink  that,  ont  of  the  twenty  Isho|ild 
haTe  seleoted  Magdalen  Wirnie^^never  dreaiûing  I  Wàé  ae^ 
koting  my  wife  I    Bxtraorâinary^  wasn't  it  t  "  q 

Magad^n  langhed  goot^'^n^aredly.  ->-    v 

«'I  don't  know  aboiit  that.  By  whi*  I  faam  ^^M, 
fiom  Fanny  and  others,  I  éhoald  jndge  yen  bad^rather  an 
inflammable  heart,  Mr.  Barstone,  *«nd  one  veiy  easily 
ignited.  ProbaWf  the  other  nineteen  yonng  la^eewere 
as  p^ettjr  aâ  Mey  said  t^ey  were  *,  and,  no  doobt,  nad  yon 
ohofen  any  o^^  theîn,  the  reealt  wovia  hKve  beea  the* 
aame  aà  it  is.  -      "'  ^: 

"  1  don't  believeît  î  "  aaid  George.  *♦  Allah  ia  great, 
»nd  my  tidie^iad  oome.  It  was  nrf  fate,  yon  know  ;  and 
if  I  bave  had  a  weakness  ail  my  lifo,  it  bas  beiai  for  biné- 
amy(^ee,fo\âen  tresses  and  the  name  of  Mfiadalen. 
Jnst  to  thinic,  the  last  time  I  breakfasted  bere,  I  did  not 
know  yen  t  Sten  in  that  benighted  state,  I  was  tolerably 
bttgny  I  And  now  my  dear,  if  yon  b»Te  flnisbed  breakfaat,^ 
nmi  go  ont.  Ho  donbt  New  York  haa  altered  msteriaUy 
•ineè  yon  and  I  trod  thé  pave  Iêê^" 

Mi^dalen  arose.  .   "^      , 

-     «Fthonght   yon   were  ginng  to  fiait  ytfnr  oosMdn, 

'*  AU  în  goéd  time,  my  dear.    I  dont  sn^poae  Pbil  la  up 

Ïet.    Alwavs  was  the  ^nintewenoe  of  lanne8ih-4hàt  fi^-  . 

m.    Hia  Wmess  will  keep  ;  and,  just  now,  I  wwit  to  # 

ttire  yon  a  drivé  to  High'Bndge  in  Ibis  gloiiMw  Janvizy 
iamninfit'" 
Mr.  aâd  Mrs.  Bantsme  todk  their  éme  «nd  ntecMft  lo 


AT  ISB  OPBB^ 


lor 


!>> 


a  four  o^dook  âinner.     Thea  the  habov  iln>idA0Mi»»> 

hi»  bnde  and  set  off  to  iiiût  op  lus  cînsin  PhQ.  ^^ 
tooti.  The  eariy  winter  duak  was  Wing,  like  aTîS? 
jere  apvkhng  aa  be  readhed  it.  ^  Up  ia  tha5ffSty  wS 

Moore'g  jovial  melodiea  while  he^ited  :  '   ^ 

Mm  ao<dal  an^  Iffight,  IV  oontenf  me  wlth  ttdai  ! 

irf^J"'*  ^«'«  *l»«,^<><>' opened  and  a  boy  in  bnttett 

that  said,  plainôr  than  wori  :    «  You're  a  bSm  MtiîS!! 
y<>i;  îf^nrfng  on  the  doctert  doorstep  I  »       P»^"»*-- 
«  2ï*^  Maatetton  in  ?'»  aaked  Mr.  Anitoner 

boy  S^toSr^'""^'"'"*^^^^ 

w  M.  ^!i  *^*  î?**^  nodid  and  bdd  ^e  door  ope» 
^JwL  l^'^'Siî!,  P*^  throiiarh,  tnmed  the  handteaC 
•nothtt^  door,  nodd«d  lùyiterionâr  again  anà  Taniab^ 

ÏÏSrL-  1.     u   A^ttW  I  lUce  to  owa  him      I  wonder  tf      j^â 

goldj  And  I  wonder  a  PhilEjool  «i<>iigh îi  wSeS 
ate  him  F    fh  btreVPhH,  ab«)ri)ed  in  a  W  b^^^S' 

—^r.^^^eowe  ^tefferorMël^  np  the  rem^  by  a  ^Mb^ 
it«  i»y«d  bif  fidendef  wbtW  bAod  immtà  m  '^H^  m 


Ï<É 


HAaBAX^iirè  f dw. 


i^k»,  and  r»«eated  lilmi^»    «f  ter  carélesily  tbaking 
lumds.,  \  , 

He  wfts  an  nnootnmonly  aelf-posseRBed  701^^  doctor^ 
with  obol  gmy  eyes  aad  a  tbin,  saUow  faoe^^^yes  aiid  fa(M» 
nâlike  £kioiga^-^aikd  yet  tfae  tvo  som6hoir  hatù  a  atriking 
ire0enrbBi»Be  i»  one  ftadtheôr. 

""Sfou're  married,  X  sappoetf*?'*  inqnired  Doôtop  Philip 
Bantone,  oalmly  contemplating.  bia  coasid  ;  *'aBdonth» 
ftht  ftage  of  honeymoon-^ImmQrÉed  to  the  eyés  iâ  the  joya 
ôf  wedlopk,  aad  in  a  state  of  idiotie  happinesd,  no  donbt  ?** 

*  *  Tes,  Tm  marriôd»  Phil  Ai^}»IÎ«4^raorffe,  briakly,  "  and 
to  the  dearest  and  loTeliesfjgirt  iuthe  nniTene!  AI1,  yoa 
wait  auto  yon  see  heir,  PhiT!  Thsre  ian't  her  iike  îa  th^ 
trhdle  world  1  ** 

'f  Of  oonne  jiot,"  eéàà  Phil>  langnidly,  "  I  ezMoted 
^at  and  more.  Whaf s  the  njime  agaîn  r  Tou  told  mé 
and  Fanny  told  me,  bât,  really,  I  haye  a  wretohed  memory 
for  namea.*' 

'*  Her  name  waa  Wayn^^Magdalan  Wâyoe^*'  said  George» 
with  aome  hésitation.  ^ 

**  Ah,  yes  ;  I  lecolleot  From  the  .oonntry  -toniid* 
Where?"  ■  -' 

.     '^FromHewHampeiffit.''  -"  -^ 

■  "  And  where  is  she  noir7** 

"  At  the  St.  Nîcholaà.    We  ûnly  anited  late  ladt^eTe)!!- 
fng  and  I  thonght  it  ngelees  to  t^  and  hnnt  yon  np  eobner» 
I  say,  Phâ,^  mum't  it  rather  kluibby  of  you  not  straîn  a 
iôint  and  oome  down  to  the  weddingf''^ 

**  Coaldn't  poesibly,'*  said  Dootor  Philip,  bi^^inning  t» 
ijb«re  his  nails ;  "the  old  man's^hâd  ly^ by  the  legs anci 
Ukely  to  be  laid  np  for  a  month  to  eome.    AU  the  iwtienta 
,«re  Qoneeqaently  thrown  On  my  ha&da,  and  I  œay  eafely 

'o^r^i  yoa  I  hâve  my  handg  fnu.    Irmilly  don't  remem- 
^Wrieàsiott  wfaen  onr  boainess  urAfr^briaker." 

#&8t  her0  tfie-door  bell,  whioh  hàd  Jin^d  twloe  «inoe 
f§  èàtnuiee,  ji&Med  agaiB,  ttaà  the  boy  in  batton» 

ïOdeB  jDMc,  air'—voa're  waniéd  tigkà  off.    Old  Mit. 
~  k  in  tta— bla4^  in  tbe  faoe,  ami  at  the  hwt  m$iâm 
à  ûov  bem^a  a  bèy  «m  bit  faOùiî^St- 


fiJ^WBimàA. 


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««orge,  don*t  liupy  jroniwlfwit'a  «ttfy  fiîtS^ 

Jjt  dowa  «nd  let  tis  bave  •  ewnfortiS©  ohàt.    ïalVaf»' 

Oeorgo  Bantone  jtared  ai  his  ooosin  in  hotw. 
/^  '  Qood  heayenik  Phil,  wbaiaoold-bliHKledwptileTon'r» 
getting  to  be  î  Wbj  in  pitj*a  name  àon^tyorSo  to  th^ 
Kr Sklw?*1  «nd  teliere th«çr,  tf  ToS  aan,  a«f on«S? 
Jhey  talk  abont  lawveM  having  hard  Jiearts  and  tftmtr 
jmsoienoe^'' pnwttd,  thé  Mfflloïd  barrister,  "but  KlS 


*     *wnw  tftç  yoong  dçctor,  îa  the  tame 
•wi.|u  VL  iuflTOWo  oalin;  "M  that  yoMOttiraonP    Well.. 
perhaMweiiag0^»trîflahirf«medadftwa^^^       butS^! 
^^^  natuiaU-aqr  4«gr  botH»"*  Hlre  8i>ldwr8  on  thi 
i^^y^*^***^    l^*fc^t  ntWik  abolit  iw    How^ 

•eJingyoL^*^'  "^^  ^"^  mw*  diiapiiSaM  «t  ^ 
«  And  Fanny  ?    Bot,  of  oombo,  Fanny  ia  im.    îba 

«tohisbiag.  If  yoa  conld  see  the  lettèn^bo  writès  ^1 
ï  Bûrer  read  «hem  Mit— I  glanœ  herftand  tbere,  catcAlWir 
meaninff,  and  send  a^»n•wer,  onoe  a  montb*  of  ten  lîliei. 
MiM  WaTO©  was  Ihée^  gdyerness  F  Of  oonne  tbe'g  veiy 
f  ^  KT"       ^^^  cousin  of  mine  f    And  «hen  am  I  to  se» 


ler 


To-night,  Il  yott  oome  to  theofien^  )f«g4«Ieà  tel^ 
^ever  yet  be«n  to  Ol»  Italian  opéra,  £uSi  sbe  bas  a  om^ 
ior   muaic/  And  m  yoo  tron't  go  we  tk^M  wSSS^ 

Borgia  and  ypn  will  see  my  pretiy  1^  wile  «t  ''* '*^'"^ 

falf  ^Jt*^  i»  no^mflarity  î  "  mamnà 
**-        Wby  ▼Ul  ydiLperii8t^i^-h^<«&'' 


■h^ï^%- 


^-•Hm, 


110 


■■"T" 


KiS»»--' 


uAmj^m^roift. 


night»  gobd-by.     Bwb   tég^etâa^  to  Jhe    pretty  MÉgcla» 
Jen  !**  .  '  -  V 

George  Barstone  departed,  and  Philip  Barstone,  seiitixig 
ItiinBelfin  his  easy  chilûr,  smoked  oot  a  ci^  i?  lond  j^àoèi 
plaoldly  into  tfae  fire^  ffe  had  t«ry  Httte  etiriOBity  Witm 
tliis  new  cotéiii  of  his,  veiy  little  opinion  of  Ô^prge's  taste 
ot  tfound  sensé  in  féminine  matters,  and  he  rarely  got  ex- 
citei  aHut  anything./  The  World  dame  and  the  worM 
went,  and  Philip  Barston©,  M.D.,  fefid  along  with  it,  np 
and  down,  atad  nerei^/gofe  out.of  his  forpid  langor  f or  anv^ 
tbin^  nndejr  thé  sun.  . 

-  His  oigar,amrih^,  the  yonng  physician  aroâe»  donned 
his  hat  and  greâtcoat,  aacT  entered  his  vaiting  ;^g.  to 
inake  his  erenmg  round  of  his  patients.  .  It^as  hite  when 
lie  rettimed^  and  thon  théce  was  a  l^ht  snpper  to  be  îpaiw 
teken  of,  and  his  dress  to  change,  ère  he  salliêd  fortfi  to 
.  the  Aoademy.   / 

It  was  "near  the  olose  of  the  second  aéV when  Philip  Bai^ 
Btone  màde  bis  way  easily  into  one  of  the  stave  botes,  ia 
great  style— -fery  élégant  and  nonchalant  and  nandsome. 
.  Two  yoapig  moa  oconpied  the  box  àlone,  and  \Mtk 
greeted  the'newoomer  with  friendly  nods.  ■      - 

"  How  areyoû,  Barstone  f  **  one  of  thea  said.  f*  Latè, 
as  nsnal  î  Wqrking  like a horeé,  no donbt.  HoHis addl 
hâve  befn  holding  jananimatod  c0ntrbTei^  abont  yon. 
Did  yon  know  yon*  donblé— yonr  wraitpçwas  in  the 
bonse?  Look  yonderl  Likfi  ^ongh  to  be  yoàr  twiu 
brother  î  Hollig  sworè  jfc  was  yon,  with  thé  momtaohe 
»nd  impérial  shaved  ofl,  bat  Iknew  better.** 

The  yoting  man  pdinted  td  ait  opposite  bot,  and  xan  on  : 
-   s^  **  Ton  most  know  the  fe|Iow---he  looks  S0  absnrdly  Ijko 

Îon.    And  the  nretty,  aznreièyedyaiabasfcer-^wed  maideii 
y  his  Bide-^'  the  Pair  One,  with  the  dolden  Locka'^who 
î^shç,?*'-     -  ■;    —..■:...-:.,.;  x^     .. 

i^  Poctor  Phiif^-Barstone  glanoed  acioss,  càrefnlly  lidjast» 
ihff  his  lorgiiefcte.v 

_  J^l  «ottsin  George,  I  take  \t,  and  his  bride.    I  ^arenlb 
Imd^'ttTlï^dftll*^  yèt.    He  says  sheWétty."  '       ~ 

''She's  inore  than  pretty,r  said  HeUis,  whohadbeen 

?!  j^imaelf  in  a  proldnged  stjSrei  "thete  i«i*t  « 
aee  in  the  honâe.  Tnat  ambeHuib  is  teaglMfl# 
»)e  ho|ds  her  head  wilih  the  poûe  of  a  otteeo  •  ^i^V^ 
i  a  nonth  liko  onirot  0Qfi^ioi^iiii9iiifttikg«lil^^ 


J^^mBmsjsuL 


Vif-', 


Ml 


Mr.  Brodetie  HoUûi  was 
to  bettr  on  ihe  opposite  Jb&. 


artirt  and  a  poefc,  and  had  • 

his  gWMid  bronght  it 
An  instant,  and  he  had 


giTen^a  sharp  atart,  »  sndden  reooU,  apd  dropped  the  V 
ghaa,  hi8  face  irrowinir  adian  W»  ^ "  uwppw  «n»   \ 


iian  who  had  firstf  ^ddireased 
seeiheHa^blepkieat,  B«^ 


eté'well  undwï»^    An 
iiegligenfe  .self  again— « 


-.  «  HaUoI»'  <Sed  thSionngl 
lum.  « Whafc is itt  Bid  von 
■fconé?"       >  ' 

^PhiMp  BiistoneV  emo^wis 
instant,  and  he  waa  his 
thonghtpiawvonly. 

^JvJÏÏf^^^i^^'*'*  W^*o«»'  inlooking  for  my 
hi^n^  ''^V  Holiis.     Mw.    George  Barstoneli  a 

HeJowered  his  lorgnette,  and  tnrnedtothesÉaceé  The 
^toin  was  dropping  on  thé  second  aet  of  theironderM 
opéra.  -  ■»«••••« 

''I^belietal'IlsteporerVandlimymyresiûota.  ^TbAT*»» 
t«wt  Irom  the  eouA^^U^^^^  SS 

prfcionlarl^  when  one  of  tfiem  is  nncomnionly  handsoma. 
*  neTsr  gavo  GeorM  crédit  iorkuoh  good  ttatl** 

Magdal«i  vas  ^nff  back  jC  h«r  chair,  taïking  aniaw 
tedly  to  her  hnsbanî,  ma  lofkingr  hripantly  hi^dsomt 
An  opéra  cloak.  One  as  her  %es,  set  o4f  the  nearlve^  - 
g^^d  gofd^tijjed  l2ir,Sid*e*ciMffi;^ 
afafeammg  fire  mto  those  star^  eyes  and  a  loyely  flash  to  ' 

«med  «*  *h«r  box-Hit  the  noble  and  tewly  head,  îa  nnT^ 
ÎSÎÎÎJ    •  *  ^*f«^««  "^  ««^pletelytinànsiaoia  of  thJt 
Sï.^SSL°f  olwnmstance.  JBje  çlaiced  om  her  shonï 

"Phil,  myvife.    Magdàlan>  my  âmn,  wÊÈÊÊÊm^  VUM 
d  whom  yen  h«y6  heard."   i                  f^^^^»«*^«^ 
'^A  thonaaad  ^^"M"  !**  fiJH  Mardiliia''  


V 


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m-' 


W.J 


"  battra  of  tbe  proph«t  I  irhat  an  astoanding  resembwaoé 

fp  JB  to Qfa,  pthawl  I  dén'fe  wwiï  to  think  «f 

lier  I^.  ' 

Ifo^en,  M  tjie  oartsin  again  vwe,  WAA  4inlciiic  of' 
him  like^iae.        '  .  °- 

mhB  operft  was  orer  at  last.    Onr  parfy  xtMo  with  thé 
reat«    Dr.  Phil  saw  them  to  their  hack,  and  t&em  went. 
on  his  own  homâwarcl  Wsy,  m  «-dftsed  aad  bewildered 
State.  4  ^ 

"Itoan't  bepOBBÎble  snoli  atikeness  as  ihisM  nieréij 
tbe  work  of  chance;  and  now  I  remember  thero  iras  •' 
4^ter  I  nerer  akw,  away  àttachool.  Thjs  girl  ia  taller  and 
luœdsomer  than  ahe  was;  bat  good  hiearen  !  ahe  is  her 
yery  image  ,t  There  was  a  look  in  tbe  ev^  of  Oeorge's 
wife,  once  to-night,  that  I  gaw„  in  ber  eyoi  on  thatliMli 
bofrible  iright  when  we  parted  f&reprêt,  Tto  tnrned  over% 
a  new  leaf,  and  I  don't  want  to  go  baok  to  the  «Id  îeayes  : 
bot  if  Mrs.  George  Baratono^  were  an  enemy  of  ininei  t 
tbink  I  sbonld  be  obliged  to.  It'a  ail  nonsense,  I  daz6 
B^y.  I  never  knew  any  one  by  the  naibe  of  Wayni^  and 
she  was  Misa  atagdalen  Wayne  when  George  marned  her." 


-        OHAPTBB-XIV. 

TES  XABKOV  OB&RéB'«^ABlC 


.  Mrs.  Moreiand  was  «'l»t  home  "  to  her  4ear,  five  hnndred 
-MfBda  i  and  tfae«a8  flared  bigh  orer  ** lovely  women  voà 
**~^~  n  ^^  thehoaTtuly  melfât  of  wild,  mdaoeholy» 

'itÊià  ûcAbeà  «td  fllied  the  perramed  rooms.\ 
'     "'Mf^^maài(fyàf<A  «fatt  seaseni^w»!'^ 

ja^  MUh  loùÊt   fastidionalf- 
ttomalsnÂ^^-lonnged  j|^  w  -^^^ 


di 


aaâ  «^r^Md  iioÉt^  h»d>Î5o«d  cléti  io  44  wi*h  it.    Ha 

Mprelai^^  ^d  tppk  np  hit  pofi^on  ft^       a  slendër 
oqlnmn  to  iwicoiiiiStear. .  "^     , 

*•  FîOr  beautiea  in  :Wuo*  dlbrt  beanties  in'  pink  and 
y!2?>  i**Sîi?«  daiMèî»  in  ail  the  hues  of  th©  laiaboW, 
f^^^SëS?  ***^**'**f''**^<*'^y  ganae  and^i-ooping  ringu 
le»^|iiïyir  Dôotor  Philip,  «urvèying  fcbe  glitt^ng  speo- 
twjW,  »a  takiitg  gtock»  «There  are  hâireà^  îmonir 
tboso  radiant  voong  ladiee,  wôrth  half  a  miflion,  I  dtfâ 
m*  and  thfl  thîng]Rir  ma^to  do  would  be  io  àarry  omi.Qf 
tb«»,  «iid  range  mygolf ,  and  ripent,  and  atone.  A«  if  I 
a»ld  erer  atone  1^  And  that  remindi  me,  it  waa  to  aea 

S^rfî  f'i  te*  **ï  ^  *!!ï^*  **?«  *«^|»>g¥ti  #ad-^  I  tM« 
StSrii???  **»«t^JB»*l»M»«  ©^  Jiiilf  80  lotèly  Dnd«i>  ^ 

;  Jt  WM^  Magdiden--4i  riktMÎn^  bride-lifce  flgare^  in  rioi 
wbite  aille,  nnder  white  laèe—like  snbw  nnder  «iTery  mist 
— and  pearl?  oînepinaf  back  the  golden  droppinè  tressée, 
and  olaspmg  thff/awding  irhHe^^^^^ 
Barstone,  beankifnl  and  statèly  as  a  qneeh: 
^  "  By  Jove  I  »  Philip  cried,  nnder  his  breath  ;  «  wbat  a 
cadianb  nsion  1  And,  heavens  above,  wbat  an  nnearthlr 
xesemblanoe  to  on#  doad  and.buriedl  imost  hant  no 
George  at  bnee  !  **        '  ^ 

He  turfted  hastily  i»  go.juid  enoonntéred  his  friend  c€ 

Jf '2?tt*îî''.^'*?f  ^^^X  **  **>«  dawltM,biide. 
w  ^**  f  **V»,l^  ^*1#  opol  nod,  «  torSSI^lÉronomer  P 
lofit  m  admiration  of  the  Evening  Star^'* 

•j^^f.*  ^«0^?^ /<î?«''  yonr  coantry  eottsin  ié,  PhH,* 
SMd  Hollw,  rtn^ally.  «There  stands  my  ld«ia-4&  - 
dmmtyi  I  h»y<hbeen  worshiping  in  dreams  alluiy  life»  and 
la  ^  hor  eartUi^name  is  Mrs.  Barstone  I  I  wwM  giwbalf 
tfie  '  fertnne-Hi  haven't  got->for  snch  a  modâ  for  tfty  neir 
pwtiwe— ^y  /Aphrodite  Eising  trom  tba  Sea.'  aL  ifr 
*  jj^gy^f  l|rti^^  ago^rtr  miHi^flL  gjffej  - 
-  «8ff  ife  îsl  1  mi,mmmm  fower  ^"^ 
oiTidedi    Apropos--liave  yon  aeea 


U4 


m  red  and  tind*  «od  ttoppiiig^hià  fiioé  iltor  a  frantio 

"Hardw  work  thaill»mkiiig  itonea  on  ^é-road,  br 
George  !  said  thfi<MilIford  lawyer,  linking  hi^  am  thronkà 
his  con^'é,  and  walkijig  Mm  ofl.  "  How  they  stand  it. 
ft?i  «®®«5««»  pnly  knowsl  We  are  fearfaUy  andwondeiw 
fiilly  made— partionlarly  women.  They  call  them  the 
weaker  aet;  bat  111  be  hanged  if  the  troakest  of  tltom 
^nt  daood  down  the  «trongest  man  he^I  BowisitI' 
Yon're  a  doctor,  and  onght  toulcnow  ! ''  ■''    --     "~ 

"  I  don't  pi^t0nd  to  nndentand  the  marreloaB  «ex,  il  I 
am  a  doctor.  If  I  did,  I  might  comprehend  why  the  nrèt* 
tiost  woman  I  ever  aaw  haathrowa  heraelf  away  upon  yen.* 

Mr.  George  Barstbne*  red  and  radiant  çnongh  already, 
tnmed  yet  more  radiant,  hearing  this.  WheS»  his  blue- 
eyed  wife  was  bonoemed/ the  big  Millftvdian  was  open  tu 
flattery  aa  the  Terieet  sohoolbor».  , 

"  She  ia  the  o^osnre  of  afl  oyea-^I  belieTe  that's  how 
^S..^°**^^v,  P"*  »*»**  ^ent  on  tlie  artfnJ  young  doctor. 
"That.fcllow  Hollia^an  àrtist,  yen  know—raves  aboàt 
her,  and  I  left  her  holding  a  little  oonrt  of  ail  that%  beat 
at  this  cTOsh.  Bas  she  any  sisten^  and  if  «o,  how  many  ? 
and  aro  thoso  sisteni  nnmarried  ?  and  would  they  be  likely 
to  look  twiœ  on  a  rising  yonng  physioian^  of  nnezœption- 
able  manners  and  jpaoralify^  •» 

Doctor  Philip  pansed  in  his  little  catechîsm,  and  Georg» 
"SM^-*»  b»g»  booming,  honestlangh—a  trifle  too  lond, 

"Sistera  ?  No;  raVpretty  kagdalen  stands  alone  in 
the  wide  world,  and  I  am  semsh  enongh  to  be  ghid  of  it 
She  has.neither  father,  mother;  aister  nor  brother,— * 

"^      '     "  \      H» 

stoiyrand 

«ttbdàed  tone,  " that etor leaw." 

Doctor  Philip  notioed  the  mental  Miervation  at  onoe. 

«  She  may  haye,  for  alUhat— feef  V*        ^^ 

,  _"t^bi*&sr*é;iÉ^BiiB  iiTà  brôthéiv^imdjrdnng  féHoir^ 

Magdaleà  baa  not  aeen  him  for  yaara. -  There  muât  béa 

Trtaok^eep  m  oTeiy  flock.  I  «nppoae,  and  heitHi^tlàdc 

»o«fÉ«*«^    m$k  itnplaiaa&t  rabjaot^et%<^^  J»^ 

^  Watli  m  mj  oi^J  -  An^  the  rowaind»  <tf  Ite  Âb» 


~i' 


^.  . 


■  ^KÎ'-^t'  rtëg 


^•.  ? 


/  Mgl 


%f 


" ^enw0l    Thenf» »Kttt«nieoë, I belWw, Htwiritli 

goltfi tek^ it  P«*  ^    '^^  danghker  of  the  family  soape- 
"No, Jbhe  datighter  of  my  wife'a  only  iistor.** -  f- 
Thè  gray  pallor  that  haddarkenod  PWli^^BarBt^o»»  lace 

àtthe  oi)eracTeELBl«yly  o?er  it  from  brow  to  ohîn. 

flieteA  ""^^  ^  hw  »  ai»ter  dead,  then-^m  oni^ 

one. 

*^ÏÏ5  fW  ***?'*  **'®;.  ^^  *<»W  mû  her  "history, 
Jjild  1  beforo  she  wonld  consent  to  marry  me  ;  a  piîTf iî 
jtowr  of  tl^e  wronM  andjrrong-doing  of  others,  ifad  ire 


tbe  doct0r;8  face  Iitoa  palpable  oloSd  7  Ks  lins  weré  dry" 
«"iÏJ»  ▼wce»  f  hen  he  did  spoàk,  was  husky^r  ^ 

"YfMjhe  brothe»  of  wwir  wi^  erer  lû  ISTcir  York. 
®^'!1^  he.  agfcpd. ,  "iHiriké^  me  I  bay^  seen  a  25 
aomewjiei^  Jthmgdyiike  hén,  1  knew  a  fellow  he^  oneè. 
resembhng  het  aufficiently  tQ.be  her  twin  trothér.»' 

"irotiinlikely,«4»aid  George.;  «I  dare  sayyou  knew 

mi  lonli^iSV^  *"  ^**"    •  *^*  *^*  *^®*  '  ^^^^ 
"  Fpiir^^,  or  thereabonts.*'     -^ 
'*  ^Km^a^U  time  ,•  yoS  were  r|ding  the  high  horse 


bromer^  mnaj  hâte  gone^niider  an  assnmed  name. 
onM  himaelf  Allirard—Williàm  AHirard.»*         ] 


"  ipiA  H  9' A-' ,  A»' 


?ttaakoM 


anjài  and  :  looked  bebiàd  in 


wonM  not  Bave 


W^^i^^'^H'"^^  fou  baye  ho  idea  how 
#0  fe^Ia  on  tbw  8iibie<».    That  waa  her  htûthst  ^^-^ww^ 


▼oiC6-^*'do  yottkiïoiw  hi«  tàte  f 


^«j^  ye^f»  ii^toiofe^ 


5'-'ï 


te^.- 


Jkk  lam^AQièi  èo  iNei  Aik>iititwryed  ont.  Youll  be  havfaw 
«  tidt  from  bim«  «»•  <rf  ibea»  daja,  I  gnsseot.  My  <!«? 
«eofg^  hft?^a*k    jw    nfchisr  4ropped    into   à  bomet'g 

^  l**fî  T?®  M  «a  «n««l  I— more  peVfe<Jt  in  1001  than  ia        » 
Î!??yV  ^«?'*f?  WMlr  hoûjr»      **Tak^  yoa  cm©,  PhilT^  ^ 


"    ^—  oldGMirg©,  dottTl» in sn^h •  hqrnr fldurighing 


CW 


jottr  oaâ|(eIg  ;  I  won'fc  S»y  thftti  oue  snperâuous  worî 
Withont  liaTing  thesame  galegrdjmds  fco  go  apoQ  yoti  hare. 
lam  read;jr  toiirear,  by  ail  the  god«  and  goddoaseg,  Hro. 


Bai»tone  u  perfection,  only  a  littte-.jn8t  a  Uttlé-^anfor- 

Thia  WUUe  ÀUward  had  a  siater  living  hère  în  N^l» 
•^tlttt  timfr-|ie  told  n^  abont  her— livinfe  vith  gopi© 
"^^rT^M  t^?^-^  wofëii&i^MmWei!w.mor6  «ban  ina- 
pâcted  bf  banog  anotherins^^r 

'     gwrgoiwldened.half  înangfflp,,b«lfin8ham^  "^       ' 
^'^^IMllÉÉi^'r  I  BP<>ké  ol    Sbe  ig  dteid  and  bnriad 
aoir,  and  the  flPPSieoe  fa  her  chiîd:'' 
y  **Shefcfta0^fld,1âien?''TeryBlowly. 

"She  did  î    How  in  ^e^ame  of  ieaten,  PhUip  Bar- 
.havejrpn  womM  tbii^atow Qut  ûf  n»  ?    Ipromieed 
laitbf  ully  I  w<Hilân't  tell,  and  see  bov  I  keep 
^\*t  ■  ■■      ■.-•"',.       ''"■   ■,-.■♦  "  .j< 

.  «  Yonrirtfe  waa  hoçeet,  afe  aîl  OTWitÉ,  to  tell  yçi 

girh  vonld  bayé tfied  fo  gloaklÉetsncbjkbie 

aay  «he  f  eeU  deeidir  t%  femii|  âl^priioè  ?**    ' 

''.More  deeply  tban  I  can  teD  yon.    The «nbjfiâni Un- 

nttembly  painf  ni  to  her,  and  6od  gnuit  sbéf  may  neyer 

3ne0,tbipi  man  vho  wronght  ail  the  wrong." 

^  .'^iWpo  ,woaId  bo  a  soene.  no  dwbt/*  Doctor  Philip 

^Mjlâ^'lahonia  take her  toi>é  a good hâter.    Bnt 

S^^  !^flHPUwto  nii^tliini,  I  ebiratd  aay,  or  know 

^^"^  'TffliM'iiiP^*^  '^^  f^^^^  ^  ^^M  l^vn-    She  mnâfc 
*«»^  Mg«L^»iHW  ffitnnÉ||ihnrjniirr1ignT''       .    ,. 

Il  yfâîii^.    Aad  now,  Philip  Baratooe. 

^^^^^  to^'l^  ^  ^^^  and  fMreyer  wità  tbiji 

'^:3|oaId  li^i^X^won  the  jritne8»«taiia»  ml 


'rtJ 


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far^e      

of  the  iiiffht  ^  Boctor  Pl^itB.rttone  did  h«^Th^ 
t^h  ^'^  ^'«r^M  either  ôngi^ed/or  too  ninX 

^oëo  Itéetf  efWf^^  ,Wé  that  i«peb  me.  and  tHi 

the  coiwcioBsiiess  Of  lookiritf  her  beat  and  ûingU^iL 

honr,  and  was  oeles^ally  hanpy.  j«j    ^  •  v*  wi» 

It  y«s  very  chàrmm|r  tobe  ÏQnght  after  by  ail  the  beilfc 

mm  m  the  room,  and  ïo  see  George'jj  eyee  iparklinir  witt 

^J  knowbdge  tbat  hia  wife  waathe^fetS?  womiS 


son 
one 
find 


-I  alwan  kne#  yçm.were  j*e  lovefiest  thing  nnder.th» 
,  Mrs.  Bwatooe/'  Géorffe  «ud  to  her,  bis  Tioneet  fao» 
"  radiant  gîow  ;  «  bnt  I  lidiiTknow  other people  irotiS 

taste  Bfcillleft  m  New^fork.    An^yottawareyouareth» 
reMrnmg  belle  of  the  night  ?  **  '  j      -*•  un» 

Mùfdalen  laaghéâ  and  bloBhedt 

J^Dou't  taïk  nonaenae»  Geotge  I    Bo^Von  kiow  I  am  et> 

«eerivel^  tired,  after  five  houre'  o«iueootite  danoiàst    If 

Pg«^^^^P«»««c>  thetoilata,  tbu  £dleM  «liooQw^L 


|18  IIÂÔDAIiBFS  VOW. 

"Well  «aough/'  Mnisted  G«orge;  "is  tbat  allF    î 
.iras  tmve  you  woom  like  PW!.** 

"  And  did  I  «ay  I  didii*t  ?^ 

"  Your  tone  imjpliee  it  Aaà  fchen,  you  woaldn^  danoe 
vith  him." 

"  Well^I  wa»  engaged." 

"NotaUtimes."?^ 

"Tired,  then.     Don*t  be  ik  tease,  George!     Dooto^ 
'  Philip  Barstone  is  well  enoagli  ;  bufc  I  hâve  heitfd  Fa^ny 
■inging  peàns'iii  his  praise  so  loue  that  I  grew  to  ezpeot 
•pmetbing  seraphio,  and,  finding  him  only *? 

Magdalen  pansed,  proTdkingty. 

**  Only  vhat  ?  "  peteiafcfd  Geor|[e. 
^V  Only  a  tall  vonn^man,  very  like  any  other  tall  yoimg 
Hm,withhlondfiàir  iw^  nnistache.    I  nà»  iittte  dîa- 
appointed,  thiit  is  àlL    Kow,  snpptAe  we  drop  the  suhject  P 
Discuasioi^yoor  cousin  and  waltzingat  this  rate  I  don't 

'^Wi^  and  Mrs.  âarstone  iréireamong  the  e^Iîest  giieeta 
to  le»v<e,  and  Qeorge,  who  |iad  dancôd  without  iiitermis- 
sion,  foand  himself,  at  |op"  a.  m,,  c^»npletely  pro». 
trated. 

"  Never  was  so  used  np  in  my  life  betore,  by  Jove,** 
Mr.  Barstone  aaid  durine  thé  homeward  drive»  "  even^at  a 
Millford  pîcnic,  wfaere  tfaey4anoe  on  the  grass  f  rom  sun* 
vrise  tosnnsei!  I  expèct  to  sleep  until  onr  five  o'olock 
dinner,  to-day,  and  doii't  yoù  présume  to  waie  me,  Mib. 
Barstone!  *' 

'    "»*  It  bas  been  i  chaming  bail/  Magdalen  ansirered 
nestling  co«ily  in  her  wraps.    "I  n^ver  had  a  j»ore  de- A 
lighful  tim^.^  ^  ^ 

And  as  she  cuddled  up  by  her  dévoted  slave's  side,  chat- 
tipg  gaîly^irf-fche  bail  and  tW  people  she  had  niei  no  wam- 
ing  Chili  fell  upon  her  hi^py  hçart  to  lell  her  it  was  the 
last  blissf  al  night  she  was  to  knowlorsnoh»  weuTy.  weftiT 

Mr.  Barstone <^naoïentîouBly,fuMÏÎed  his  predioiîon  of 
depprng  ifeff  Mo  néit  dav,  ITie  noonday  sun  streaming 
bnghtlv  in  awoke  MagdaTeQ,  who,  arose  at  onoe  and  mfide 
her  toilet.  She  sang  as  i^  #«^Md,  ga?  litlie  scfuw  àt 
songs,  for  téry  lightness  6f  heairt^  and  Imfled  baok  àJThkt 
own  fair  image  in  the  ghiss.  Shé  knew  she  was  vm^,  «f 
eoome.    Wàs  n(^  thit  a  lor^ly  tigioa,  i^  beaatifiU,  y^iib. 


THS  MABK  ÙV  élBOBGE'S  ABM.         119 

fal  laoe,  that  shone  npon  her  in  the  tall  mirror,  «ndroted 
vîth  that  brigbtest  nimbus  of  goldeû  hair  ? 

<*lamgladlam  pretty,  for  Georgè*g  sake^^she  nid, 
blashing  bçigbtly  th«re  by  b«ràelf— <' dear  George— dear« 
kind,  devoted  George,-  wno  loves  the  Teir  grouna  I  walk 
on,  and  wbo  shows  it,  in  the  honesty  of  hisgreat  beart,  as 
simply  as a4^ild.  Ah  l  what  a  happy  girl  lam,  andhow 
thankfnll  onçht  to  bé  !  " 

She  had  âniahed  her  toilet,  and  stood  loeb^g  at  hét. 
sleeping  hasband.  And,  tfaongh  the  greatgray  eyes  were 
idimwith  thankfal  tears/  Kagdalen  conld  hardfy  naist 
laughing,  too  ;  for  poo?  Geôrgewas  asleep,  with  his  month 
wide  open,  and  his  fsir  hair  ail  tossed  and  rumpled,  and 
his  hfiad  twistôd  into  a|^tion  ezquisitely  nnoomfortable, 
©ven  to  look  at.  " 

**  An*  to  think,**.  th©  «niling  bride  siid,  inwardW; 

that  Raohel  conld  ïnistaké  hiih  for  Manrioe  Langley  f^- 

She  had  almoat  forgott^  her  old  nnrse's  ineredible  tm- 
noanoement  on  lier  weddiQg  da^'bnt  it  came  back  to  her 
now.  At  the  saine  instant,  like  a  flash  of  light,  came 
aQÇther  recoUéotion*     ^ 

"The  mark  on  Manfice  Langley'g  ihnl  I  had  qnite 
forgotten  that  \  Ah  II  oan  easify  prore  iUôherB  raistaka 
nowi**  -  . 


•N 


««^ 


George's  left  ann  hnng  loosely  ^ver  the  clotfaee.  Very 
lightly,  very  skilfollyi  ai)d  smiliiïg  at  her  owh  little  plot, 
she-nndid  the  bnttmt  and  daintily  drew  np  the  sleeve. 
The  ann,  white  as  her  own  and  corded  like  an  athlete's, 
^aé  really  Sinperb,  feviewed  asa  linib  in  the  abstraot  ;  bnt 
M»gâalen  stood  holding  it,  vith  an  awf  ni  chl&ge  oomins 
ovér  her.  -  ^^  ' 

Bkid  she  stood,  hér  eyes  dilatiag,  etury  dibp  t»f  b)oad 
sloi«y  leaving  her  faee. 

For  there,!  between  wrîst  and  elbow,  was  the  very  tat- 
tooinç  Baob^  had  de^ribed  so  minutely.  The  bine 
wreath  of  lestes  and  gtaVes,  the  red  heart  with  the  daJ^ 
^lfflr-thrnBiLitoangh«^»ActhftJb^fp^a<dE~lm^ 

The  arm  dropped  fronj  her  &osen  ^^rs  j^d  feH,  and 
Itill  the  sleepw  did  not  awaké.  And  Magdalea  stood 
«^,88  if  siowly  tnmiag  to  akoiitt. 


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OHAFTSUXy. 


It  waB  thfe&  honffrlator. 

Ifaedalen  Barstone  eat  by  her  paxkr  t^iidov  in  tii» 
sreat  botel,  lookinff  blankly  ont  iiito  the  Jtiodt  béloir. 
Shewas  itOMrody  thhikiftgu-Bhe  vas  Boairaely  gaffering, 
She  «st  benambed-'HQaotioxUiegsolike  one  whp  nad  reoeùred 
«  |r«»t  tmà  stanidiig  ^toir». 

jDhe  worsfc  hftd  come—tbe  irùtvt  that  could  ever  ha^pen. 
Thofômof  her  life  wa»  acooœplUrhed-o-her  prayer  of  yeâra 
Jbad  heen  heard-^he  had  fonnd  Haurioe  LaasUy  I 

0<>Ôrge  Baratine  gtill  slept-HsIept  as  sonndly  andpeace- 
laKy,  in  t^  iuner  room  yonder,  as  sonie  tired  child.  Thia 
b<itralF«r  of  innooenfc  ^rlâ,  thni  tetnpter  of  weak  boys,  tbis 
vttetly  TÎIe  and  «nnnacipled  wréteh,  coald  still  sléep,  il 
«eemea,  as  trauquiUy  as  a^  baba  on  its  mother's  breasC 
And  presentlT  he  would  wâke,  Magdalon  knevr»  ai^fng] 
snd  joml  and  awjBofc-tèmperéd,  with'k>Ting  looks  and  ôar- 
esses  foc  ber-^-for  ber,  tho  sistei:  of  Laora  Âllward  I 

She  bad  fonnd  Manrice  Jjaagl^.  and.  did  Bacbel  wob 
Tight,  af ter  ail.  Tbeatm  of  b«r  liffr  mé  realised.  Bhè 
liad-Jfotind  tbe  man  wbo  bad  deeorred  and  deserted  ber^ 
«ister,  and  sent  hçr  to  anrenuitaregraire  ;  vbo  bad  ttfsokMi 
her  faAber's  beart  ;  who  nad  made  a  forger  «  a  «ambler^  a 
«OQTiot  ont  of  her  only  brother  !  Sbé  bad  fonnd  1$e 
▼retch  Whoin  sbé  bàd  TtfWèd  to  hnûl  merqtlessly  doirn, 
an^  that  man  waè  bèr  biuband  î    Hoy  «o-ayer  for  von- 

feaiîco  bad  been  beard  ;  ii  only  leinainéd  nir  lier  toJcieflp 
çr..fovJ , ^  ^'^  ■'■'■'■',.'■'  .■;-■■".■,  •'*„■ 

J^l^o  **É  i^OTo  ^bile  the  short,  wintry  aftettoagn  yorajrm, 
Hèir  bainds  oras|«d  in  ber  lap,  her  dilated^^s  starii^ 
«tcaigbt  beforfr  ber  and  seaii^  notbing.    Orer  Uie  saukUer 
tro«ffLei|( of  tife  Magdalen  cdnld  weap  tbe  «reri^ready  fraii- 
Hinete^^i^b  tb»  most  woqianly»  |nit  sbe  bad  no  testt 
"■y  Uoe  «ras  M^i^JUy,  |ta«iMif«l  gUa»r  ;  twv 


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^y  oné  thoMlit,  m  h»  mina-jone  dveaâfnl  thonght, 
bwOng.  beatmg,  m  her  brain-Ôeorge  Bànione  Imd 
Haanœ  LMi|)eT  wer^  one.  ■ 

^âS*lJ?^^  ^**ïi  *^  *^^  eloetaH-tbe  gray  Jannaiy 
fn^L  JfJf  ?°ii  î® -^^^^  ^**y'  who8e"roi  «mhdeâ 
iBth««rl8  4Medbramhke  the  roaring  sea.  s  Stars  idiM 

be  with  ber  venr  aoon  now.  ^  -^    ^^ 

«^  ^*ï."îi^"*4  ▼alH*  overjo  the  glàss,  with  *  ir«&iï«ii% 
flret  matinc^-.  to  aee^hotr  A*  looked.  S^e  cc»àM  lèel  the 
blank  despair  m  helr  face  :  «be  oonld  â^  ffe  in  the  rfeam- 
ing  eye*»  m-the  dry,  i»i«Jbêd  îlps,  in  the  béctic  gTo#  of 
eiftM  ebeefc-Hi  ateangvwmatiiwl^ 

look  I  and,  oh,.Tpitiftol  heavén  I  what  a  lost-wret^  1  am  f  « 

Thwmifh  a»  her  dnll  toipoï  of  miaeïy  th«iî  jSadied 
Bpon  herthe^conwotion  thaÇ  aa^be  had  been  deS^^ 
■0  8benjwrd«peire  mth  Jéane  wUfe  dé^S^ 

to  tbe»  dooig-^  8he  mnat  blind  and  betmy  hiin— thi» 

*^**^i.**^^*  ^«  »«  ^  ^n^^  of  the  art  5 
gnile  ;  ho  bad  luten^  td  b|i^SM«i»i«d  «tory  of  w^ 

^ronçht  hOTwœ— tbe.wretoh  a^nst  wHom  her  Mfe  waa 
TOweà-^nd,kaoidDgit,  hadamÏÏéd^^i^  fi*oe,  aiid  ui 
twyed  her  aa  Jndag  bad  betrayed— with  »  kiee  I  Be  had 
WTonged  her  fnore  deep^  tbaa  be  had  wronged  eitb«r 
i^?nTJ*^**^f ^  l^^jr  than  inaneter  wroS 
jromau  befora—and  now  her  timé.  bad  borne.    Sbe  kne» 

iMdark,  aa  he  bad  done.  *      : 

l^?!*^!***^*^®"^??^**»  ^  «nd  to  ail  wbom  die  lored, 
Ând  mer^iIeiM  be  wonld  find  her  now  I  * 

Ôerçe  t«amnb in^tbe  tbonght:."haJ?tN;me--vill£^^^^ 

to  i<ft6  me]   I  would  leatçMlIttbiahoiir^biitthat imi^ 

cent  wwld  be  too_^|#|rTbata  him  !    I  hatTsïî 

The  mean,  nean^^iidlKimâlill'' 
Jfeireyaa  " 


rV 


1S8 


UàmiùMmirow, 


£*,  f 


«nd  left  him  foreyer  ;  %»iit  thé  rtMctibu  was  jet  to  con^e. 
She  loved  the  man  she  luited-^  ^radc^x,  if  von  like.  bnt 
no  nnootiimem  otus»— «nid  irhen  tnis  hot  x%g>  onnied  lUôlf 
ont,  and  the  love,  %hB,tmm  as  deep  a»  hôr  hearii  letiiniéd, 
then  hrà  cap  of  detfMr  wonld  be  at  its  iallÎGMit. 

She  «tofî  therô»  rij^idaùd  oold^  whilp  the  eTemng  ànak 
deepfiieâ  tod  tl^Le  <d>iU  night  fell.  *    '^-'s^ 

She  oon|i^<^  her  bnsbip^»  i»  the  bedr^tn  aâjpiniii|f, 
moying  Êïc^^  about  splaining  vater  and  rattling  basm 
and  ewér^  wmajUiQg  au  air  from  last  nighl^s  Çipwtk  the 
while. 

He  oonld  ^kt^  drink  ind  be  metty,  and  Lanra,  vho  had 
lôred,  e?en  as  she  loyed  iiim,  lay  àotid  ^é\pûirgottfia  nnder 
this  winter  snoiTr  and  Willîe^  place  ambng  g^  ând  hon- 
orable men  was  (oreyerJoét. 

What  were  the  fieart|ii  hè  had  broken»  the  JifM  Jhé  had 
rnined»  to  him  P  The  world  went  well^  wit^  Jaim,  'laeh  re- 
speoliid  him,  wealth  flowed  in  npon  him,  and  thewômaa 
hewonhiped  was  bis  wife.  Her  heart  grew  hardand* 
bitter  as  aeath  as  she  remembefèd  kU. 
"  **  Ab  he  haà  méaanred  nnto  others,  so  shall  it  be  mea- 
snred  nnto  h^  l"  she  thoaght,  «etting  her  teeth.  '*  Oh, 
Oborge  6ar{ttone.J  in  ail  0po'B  earth'il  there  another  snoh 
villain  as  Ton  PC  \^  '''-,■ 

Thé  bedroom  déér  opéàed  lu  «hé  lingered  rigidly  there. 
and  Mr.  Qçorge  Barstone  hirasell  iinmaonlatâly  drened 
and  brjished  and  got  jkp,  stood  bcŒore  her. 

'*  I  said  I  would  sleep  nntU  fiye  o'clooki  and  I^Efi^slept 
nntil  sii.  Ordinary  men  may  be  as  good  as  their  word^ 
bat  jronr  hnsband'a  better,  Mrs.  Barstone.  I  dpn't-know 
how  it  may  be  with  ypa,  madam,  bat  'natareV  sweet  re- 
storer,'  etc.,  iMYés  iftè  in  a  perfectiy  rarénoas  condition. .  I 
i!eél  as  thoâgh  I  ièoald  sut  %boilèd  alligator  this  moment, 
n^t  aré^on  àll  in'  Ûie  dttrk  for,  my  dear,  adid  where^ 


ICagdalen 
^l^ead  to  foot,  ^ith  « 

<*  XûQt  oooisin  P  "  she 
is  not  hère." 
She  stroye  to  speik 
rôle  at  once  ;  %Wi 


1  his-wife  aod-isaxe  her  almoîftbla 
bway  from  him,  shivering  from 
ofrepalsion.  ^   " 

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to  begin  her 


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#ere  fo^ign  to  the  girPt  nsta^,  «nâ  her  ▼owe  s^anded 
edd  fuiâ  hsrd.  ^  <^ 

^  The  qnick  ÎMtinot  of  love  detéctoâ  ther6hang0  at  imee* 
.  George  looked  at  her  earionsly  in  tlie  dmk;  ° 
-;  v^*^  «*»*»«  w«mg,  Magàalen  ?  takea  a  coldf  Yoil 
look  law  a  itray  H^ritrr^  irhitè  ;  yon  feeUlike  one~80 
oold.  You  hâve  Bewi^gittiog  în  a  draiiriit  intil  yon'ré  af 
hearse  as  a  raven,  gasiog  at  thé  moon,  ITl  take  «y  oath. 
ê^  if  a  respectable  mamed  woman  had  any bowneaft  Viti^" 
the  mo«m.  ,  Cfot  a  uuttc^  al^nt  XoxLrtàjmt  f  "       > 

"  ifd  matter,  J*Ve  got  one  inyielf  Boméwhere.*' 
Mr.  Barstone  lighted"the  ga«;aiiâ  tttmed  tocoatem* 
plate^ie  wife  ;  bttt  Magdalea mw  «tanding  with  liir  baok 
*o  him.  lookmg  ouï  at  the  lampylîghted  boulevard,  and 
aonteone  was  rapping  without,        ^ 

xv"^f"  F^^'  ^  4**^®  5*y-  *^^«  i»/'  crîed ^George,  and 
the  doo^^opened.  Doctor  Pjbilip  made  his  appear- 
Anee»  '■"■-'-     " 

"Are you  u»f «Douter  PhUîliBaid.  "Iwaeafraidto 
wresent  myself  gooner^  remembering-what  a  geaiué  ybii 
alvays  had  for  aleep.  Good-éveniti^  my  pretty  èonsiii. 
I  trust  I  see  you  noue  the  worae  for  last  niiÂ^  disfliDa- 

Magdalen  had  to  tnhi,  ésà  both  raen  started  and  stared 
at  the  deadly  imlI«H>f  her  (aoé.    / 

"  Goipd  graéioue,  Mal^Ien  !  "  George  exclaimed,  *'  you 
«re  aa  white  9»  thoughyou  irere  yoar  own  ghost.    Uw^ 
darlmg,  are  you  ill  ?    Wbat  is  the  ittatter  ?'*<  ■ 

"  îjothing  î  '*  Mairdalen  said,  not  loolchig  *t  hlnr,  "  eXr 
«ept  that,  pèrhàpe,  1  hâve  taken  cold  a«  you  euggeited; 
or  that  I  am  the  won»  for  last  uight's  dissipati^  Wè 
oonntry  giris,  Doctor  Barstonoi  wîlt  U  once  m  tour  citv 
glara*^  r  '  7 

She  tumed  to  hi«a.    She  kuew  the  honesL 
that  were  fixed  npon  her— honest  àt  "     '  *  " 

her  strenffthV  and  her  hâte/       *     ^ 
awav  at  tne  first  sonud  of 
htt%uid.    For  oh  ! 
oonîd  undo  that  1 


lïïfcg^'îl^TIF" 


G«^{K^ 


tK..smL. 


mui  ^tmâm; 


nr: 


m 


ïtm. 


•ttenium  froqi  h^nelf.-  «Had  yoii  sot -better  go  4»  , 
âiimer  ?  l'or  myself,  I  un  not  hattgrr.  I  will  hsTe  a  cap  i 
of  tea  hère,  and,  td  my  faead  achos  a  fit^Ie^  if  Dr.  Bar^tone^^ 
witt  exotue  m»,,  f  will  retire." 

Dootor  BaritcMe  bowçd  gravely.  .      ^^ 

'<  Jf  yq^'had  nofc  spoto  of  it,  in  my  prof esBional  cap», 
ctty  I  Bhwdà  bave  prôtoribed  it  myselfc  My  dear  George^  < 
doa^fc  Ioob«B  thoQgh  yoa  bad  beardHra»  Barstone'e  dea^b- 
.warrant,  ïead.  It  is  tbe  Tery.best  tbing  sbe  can  do.  Il 
my  Biftmory  serrée  me,  yon  innted  me  to  dine  witb  ydâ 
jTMterday,  ai  shai^  six.  and  now  it  is  balf-past.  I  dont 
want  to  be.  nnpleastoitty  intrusiye,  bnt  allotr  me  to  sng- 
gest  thàt  my  itme  is  not  my  own,  and  tbat,tbe  banquet 
wal»  below.-  €kM)d-eTeninff,  Mrs.  £^%cme  1 1  trqst  to 
find  yonr  bèiflÀobé  altogetber  gone  tô^otiH^w  by  a  good 
nighf^rest.'' 

Ha  ied  Oec^ge  (tway-rOeorge,  whor  seemed  as  tboogii 
be  Wonld  rebd  and  stay  by  bis  wife.  ^ 

Was  tlMs.not  tbe  aecond  .week  of  tbe  boneymofon»  and 
bad  not  sbe  tbe  beadacbe  ? 

What  were  àk\  tbe  dinjeiers  tbàt  ever  were  eodced  and 
eaten  inside  tbe  St.  Nicholas  to  tbis  deroted  and  eigbt 
bonrs'  fasting  bosband  now  ?  .     > . 

**  Ûon'tbe  a  dofikey,  George  P  his  ooQsin  remonstrated  ; 
"sbé's  not  dyiqg  jind  sbé^ agréât  dea)  better  witbont 
yoiir  A  cap  of  tea  and  rest  are  wbat  sbe  needs,  and  wbo'g 
to  rest»  I  wonder,  wîtb  yoa  tiptpeingjabont^inyoocborrid 
oountry-made,  creaking  boote^  and  tiiat  lace  of  blank 
despaijr.  Wait  nntil  you'ré  married  two  years  instead  of 
twowei^  aâd  thoa^  yonr  wife  were  in  tb0  pangs  of 
^ssbhition,  yon'U  go^down  and  eat  you  dinnàr^  and  post- 
ptme  dospairantil  af  ter  tbe  oheese  andFtootbfmk..  ifyôa. 
doii^'tj  bjr  ^OTO  li^yoa'U  dilEer  from  aU  tbe  biâba&ds  I  ever 
M  tbe  Messore  off  kniïwing.'' 

41  Kbai4|j^ Jrom  tbem^jQflÉ^é-ttgponded.  oroatih:^. 

Kmid!ortnne^  l^SI^Tto  iee,  fl3|  yoar  Utù,  tSgî 

t^  appennQiit|(  nntii  yon're  growa 

^^OM^S  jBiy  >Btt(«r  mde.    Tfa«t  '^ 

\tîtinK  ra(»»^  my  dimter 


#*î^èferi 


■?*(^VA^i^' 


to'  <ii»nràpt>-ffMtr 


m 

JffC 


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^:- 


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.,  .-    «.      ,  -  —  '^ '^  '     €^eow»  mniw 

mored/     "^he  doesn't  fleein^  BJ^   herself  m  m  w». 
',    »°j2»jw,  thia  evening.    It  mmit  hâte  kém  thé  party  M 

•2*JNo  doabt;  reac^on  after  ftzcitemenft,  a&d  ail  th«t 
ack^  ^^^^^f^'im^  bye,  ièn't  yoara  rather  an  obsolète 
m  of  apeiidi^^^^  honeymoon  ?  I  thôughl^  when  « 
2'S,?5*"**'^  n>«^iwio»y»  tbe|  correct  thmg  to  do  waa 
p  trj  thé  rural  dodgo-«bttry  hiloself  ià^jome  nice,  doU 
0pantty  village,  or  go  i^  to  tbe  Oatskiîl^,^  ào#ii  by  tb« 
iad«ca.  waves. ,  My  ideas  ontho  aii^|eofe  »ay  bîaîittto 
Ja^asty,  pever  having  tried  tbe  holy  i^tato:  but  ii  ct^ikes 
&  *  coming  to  New  York  aod  eibîbàiûgà  Unsbiog 
Ibndo  at  tbe  oMra  and  lira*  ICorelaûd'fl ovojirag  jamaiî 

^  '«F^hionaWa  iMie^^lpHisig^d  |  1^  broqgbt  Ma». 
^en  to  New  York  beôiiSiSiSiveeiioughofth^^ 
tbe  ytar  ronnd,  and  I  took  ber  to  tifae  on^be^Hmiio 
»  a  MMion  with  hcr.  Yoit  onght  io  bear  bèraîî^IRttor 
^an  tbe  pnma  donna  }m  iiigH  ty  Geoïtfè^  and  wo 
TOt  to  Ut9,  Morelaud'a  wirt^becanae  Mn,  Moreland 
•^Si§SSlik?tt?****'  *^  "*^  dear  girl,  bewelf,  tbonght  she 

nvuK^"^  K\t^^  8aii.pnsbi^ awi^^w scnp  ;  «^ ibay 
^1  b^  it--and  tbe  mœha  tb^y  get  of  it  tbe  better  they  Ilko 

^«  ^^^  *®"Ç  ^  y®"  projÉMMe  remainiiw  lu  New  York  P  ** 

«Thià  >reek  oûiy.    I  %  Phil,  yot^'tpoko  a  moment 

«»J^^«»"ng  n«yer  trfed  «îatrimony.    Îbi^  |hat>  ratber 

It  dîà  nofc  often  hiq^9«tt^t6  Pbii  B^riibne  to  obann 
oolor.  yhen  ho  did  a  ^rgwr  shado  «nmed  bii  iaÛowî 
cofor^faoe  tba  bac  of  >ai4  ^Tbât  grïiy  dff kiM«i  came 

My  daar  George,  yon  neyer  ^were 

twt  ;  but  «ven  from  yoa  I  didii't;^] 

^tboi%bt  «e  botb  agrêad^  io«^^ 
Ifood  boya  aad  lot  bjgonei 

d*. 


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not  to  ntention  her  iigtmr  Hr. .  George  BiiNtooig 

hjr  don't  I  «aany  f    Uj  deftr  feilow/ l'm  lookingoot f»r 
a  wif e  etevy  dà^;:''^ 

"  WelI-pÀnd  tân  they  ao  sosrœ  in  New  YfWk  t^i^  yoa 
canno^findône?"  -  v 

«  On  the  .contrarj,  it  ia  the  emburrassment  of  rièltes; 
I  know  fifty  gM*  I  conld  have^for  the_iisking--^ill  teiy 
niœ  girls,  too,  you  andoratand-— girls  of  the  pèttod,  m 
Bhort  skirt^  ui4  sweepingtrftina^  and  wondeif  ni  ohfgnons, 
and  hîgh-heeled  boote— girls  ^ho  oan  play  ail  ib0  lat<tet 
waltaes  on  tàe  piano,  iran>le  ail  the^newest  iBong!B/jpem)ar 
tbeir  conTorsation  «^th  Wèll-pronoanoed  Frenoh,  aud  talk 
to  you  oàvomén's  nghta  and  the  last  popnlar  novel.  And  . 
then  theïe*8  Fànny,  poor  little  thing,  been  djing  f or  m« 
any  time  tbese  two  years*  Oh,  yes,  Georg«r  j  I  eoiifâ  flnd 
à  wife  in  KeirYork  before  the  next  bOnr  «tdké^>  if  I 
chose.**  ■■■■.■.  ',■        ■..■  .v\,,:'-.  ■"■):•■■ 

«  And  why  don^t  yon  lâioosef    Why  doetm't  the  Great 
Ifogul  throv  thé  handkerchief  to  fais  adoring  slaveé  ?** 

**  Beoanse  there  is  one  ]re9[1li8ifce  none^  thèse  nioe  girig 
possess  wfatoh  ia  absolately  mdiâpensable  in  my  wîî^—fiftr 
thonsand  dcdlars  in  her  owh  right^  When  I  Ôn4  tfaat 
^den  giri,  J  shali  fi^Il  at  hér  feetatonoe.  Sti)l,4f  ndtfa- 
mg  better  offera  before  long-^  My  innoee^t  Oonntrj 
cousin,  don't  wear  that  diagnsted  face;  if e  aÂI  «éll  onr-' 
selVes  in  thèse  latter  days.  ThereVyottr  pretty  wifé,  now  ; 
ahe  waa ,  a  poor  goirerneaa.  Yon^  not  Weal^,  but  » 
well-to-do  and  good-looking  young  lawyer.  Who  is  tO 
tell  ns  she  didn't  marrer  von  to  be  mietress  of  Golden  Wil- 
lovs  and  a  leader  of  fashionamong  the  élite  ofMil^rd  ?" 

"  By  heaven,  Phil,  yon*re  too^*k»d  I  "  bnrat  ont  Ge^ew 
with  flashinjar'eyes.  *'  Yoa're  a  worldling.  and  a  oynio  to 
the  oore— without  ffûtlt  ito  ni«i  or  woman  I  Why,  I  t^S 
sir,  she  refnsed  a  Goldham^Sam  Goldham,  «or^ 
■  ^  uaHiiony^wortfa  a  dozen  like  me,  Ibiiyoa  look  atit. 
^  ^TrRMta^X  sboiild  take  it  as  an  insnlt  if  any  other 
Mmr  mBtmmmpk^^^iiig  of  Jmy  wiftf-^the  b^t^  1^- 

meiit  geiïerons»  m^fiMide-hearted " 

'*'  Spare  me  I  "  Doot^lttibp  pleaded.    "  Be  meicifnl  I 
m  take  afl  ^  ^st  for  «MM^^I^re  had  the  miafortnn» 

men^More,  alulJ 
.keart.    Ah  f  bmr^ 


'  to  be  in  obmpuiy  wi^i  . 
jbsow  tbe  litany  yon'rè  , 


àm 


.:gi 


% 


trH^ 


;}  1 


J^^og  onty  for  ihe  womeii).    Sumuel  «nfofâ  ^ 
**Mra.  Hairfxm—took  gndden-^wfnl  bad— lifo  ordwth, 

(Ronl 

60  I      ,  ^  ^._„  _  „,„ 

^4Jpi*Hîirt  yonrself  ronnÎQg  ifyôu  ^i  £%  it.    Mrs. 

h^more  Jim  tlwo  a  oi|t  I  l've  known  'em,  br  JotÏÏ 
wbicÇ  wouU  kitt  wa  and  wé  lin  a  weekj  and  they'MÎe 
thegaUon,    Heaven  only  knowa  hew  they  do  it  !    And 

Dr.  Pbiîîii  departed,  and  George  asoended  at  onoe  ù% 
1«8  o#n  apartinentôi  The^  bn^ed  lo^  ia  tbe  Sr  - 
ihe  mner  KK»in  WM  in  daiFkîoM.    In  the  darit  hii  i^ï; 

haïr  nnloosed,  «alling  abont  her  like  a  veiL  ■    ^^ 

.b?wf  wf*  «>f  y  w»  »nd  ben^  ^vè  ber.    Hd^ratUI 
^tx?Ja  ?®  ?JS?  '*«^?^»  ^«^  her  breathe.  " 

^ttiri^^"?^  «^  ";fie  said,  gendy,  with  aome  vague  diead 
at  hia  heart,  «  aro  you  asieep  ?  ''  *      ^^ 

.  J^J'®  ''f  ""î  "J^y- .  HeKngered  for  a  moment,  oarea».^ 
S?kc?*^  iov%  Won^  treaaâ,  but  ahe  neyeriSrwn;: 

^X^riZ^^^^'^'''^^     "Poorohildi  J 


np 


.,H9,JHMaic&ed  -^^^^, 
himself  in  an  aripchair,  ^ 
wai|  a  Tiovel,  and  an  intensi 
on  while  th^  bonn  atn 
docks;  andjinidnigh%Jtip,„«,™ 
tl»  next  room  neyer  ^ite,moir»â. 


tnnied  i^^ergag,  wms^ 

'  «^  bepk,  and  waited.    t^ 

^^  aadiie ntadasâread 

Aft«t  «Dother  bf  âié  dtj 

iitttd,  and  «tiU  bit  bride  m 


iM^^^;.AMm;Ui  boak  jad  «toi  i* 


m 


l^iéj)iLîîK!S  vow; 


'  Ht  darling  !  do  von  know  that  it  is  afte|tv«lVe  f" 
■  Well/  imputteiiÔj,  <'  wbat  of  4t  F    Do^^hiy,  letln» 


rm    £&»  zemiâiisd  aa  lie  had  teft  h«fw-«iatiU  mfiiouA. 
wôre  dead,  '  . 

'(Magdalenl'*  he  laid,  that  nameless  f«elingt>f  dread 
letnrnùyf.    ««  îftigdalenj  my  dearest,  awaka  I  "  ^   *» 

She  waa  nsnally  the  lu;hte8t  of  sléepem  ▲  whispei^ 
vord,  at  any  time,  woqld  aaffioe  to  aroucie  her.  Bat  ii^#w 
«be  dîd  not  atir.  *  ..T 

"tfa^alenl'i  George  fepeated,  kneeliiig  beiida  hôïC'^ 
and  kÎBWDg  her.     '* Magdalen/nirake  !"   -  .     ^* 

To  his  nttspeakaide  relief  she  atinred  resfiletfly,  ^and  * 

fnahed   away,   with  ,  a   itottisli    motiou,  his'  oareadiMp 
andfl.  :^ 

*'  What  is  it  f   FleaM  let  me  alone  ï    Why  do  yoit  ^ia^ 
tturhme?"  -  .-       .»        . 

làoneî" 

*'  Bat  it  is  A»  nnoomfortable  heire^  «^d  you  will  i^oh 
oold.**  /  " 

"  No— I  amarell  enéagb/' 
"  And  yoar  headaohe,  deajreat  f 
«*  My  headaoho  is  no  bettef.    For  pi^g  aake»  doB*t  tor- 
ment  me  now  I    Go  to  i)e4,  if  yoa  are  aleepy,  aad  jbt  me 
bel**        * 

Het  yoîoe  waa  pharp  iirith  in ward  pain.  She  ppshed  hia 
handa  a,wf  agun,  and  tprned  more  resolnkly  from  faim. 
JKôt  onœ  had  ahe  lifted  her  faee  and  looked  at  him.  She 
lay  there  as  misérable  and  safferiog  a  w<Hnan  as  aU  ihe 
oity  held. 

^He  arose  at  onof,  qoite  white— hwfc  bcwond  ^ipression: 
Wbat  was  the  matter—what  had  h*:Jt»[ib  ?  how  had  h» 
offended  her  ?  what  did  it  mean  ?  Without  a  wotd,  ha 
issed  to  theoate?  room,  reseated  himself  in^his  (^airaiid 
f  t.  her  to  sieepj.    ' 

„.îo  sleep  I     woald  she  ever  sleeB  à^ain  ?»%»-" 
'She^lSy  with  both  bands  pressed  h»râ  tSn  her  tlfrobbing 
,  i£mi^^-    It  wa»  nt ^Zlas«bood  to  râj  her  head  ighedr-w 
&M'  wi!^  nndêr  hér  palm».    'ShelaylheRTiâffeHng 
'*▼,  as  wop&an  dci  saff«;l^-~anch  angnish  as  a  pilifu 
..»iQne:««»r-knioLWi.     '..^i^'^aâiÉ.    '  -     . . 

lkahoar8of%i4âM^^  BwtiiohiÂ 


ïtSS*^  ■  ;;-ïé4W-^if*i*py_,. 


..M 


A 


wt»**  iirf-ï'*'^! 


■^ 


iS''"' 


t,  V 


Jli. 


I!«# 


.^^ 


'  O^yV  AK  AOOOMHJSHEi)  PÊAYlgB.''  m 
wonld  loi  ;  «f^h?s  ÎS^/  f  ti^^,  for  wLm  5 

iong;  up  atid  down  thfi  wiM  f  l  «^  black,  starlesg  ikr 

and  a  dark  flenreXted^    ftîî%  r®  i"^^^  paTemiit^ 

City  in  the  dlS~bliîS  nï&fc  I^K^t^^î  H"%  ^^^^^ 

,  «tonttiT       '  ^'^^ï»  W»  bad  ^ioete,  OTer  ite  pitflei 

womanhood  oan  know         ^    *   mad-^ospair  only  loet 

her  watch  gn»d.  ômMffiff..j  t.     ^^  **î'  ™'™«d  to 
^^  «ma.^  tiuLMnm  lor  h^  to  re«d 


mhbn  A»  kneit    ^htt  b^aasnd  rend  itdowly  nota  4di» 
ïiftohed  thi<  paragragh  î .      ,  "^;    ^      , 

«I  waé  not-b^  i»tté— tli»t  oeremony  at  tnabotelwM 
ihe  mcwt  ooniemptibtâ  of  shpilù    aéhtÂtk  IMkrfide  wifo 
KTiiig  befoM  ho  çrer  saw  ïriô,  «ûd  living  •till--doBetfc«d. 
lh»dbeenîook>dft(«oiiifij«tWla8i.**  •  . 
*  The  fatal  letter  drojïSed  froin  Magdalen'8  htatA,      '  y 

*'  I  never  thooffht  of  tbat,*"  À^  said»  in  an  awfnl^hia* 
per,  •*  l  iWTwr  thoni^t'  of  that  1  The  wife,  liring  fdur 
toaro  ngo    doaortod    winy  ^fl>  1m"g  «^'^^  ;  aad  ihenr— whaA 


..;V  '54.  f'.iL^ 


•*!»f- 


GttàFTEBXVL 


MiL*GKOB»]i  Babstoh»  awoke  at  «Ight  o'j^oèk. 
moming,  to  fiwd  the  winta^.  wûn  hwhing  the  Windows  «ad 
the  Jamuijçjr  wind  ihn«ki»g  ifilOly  «p  «nd  d«wn  th«  dreary 
Btreett.       ■,■'■■.,'»-  "    ,    --, 

Hf!^  sai  np  ttod  aiàred  àrdimd  hifu,  feeung  stui  and 

ommpied»  and  not  a  KfcÛ#  hewildered.  .   ,^       „ 

.     •*  Hâve  I  beeit  sleeping  m  thia  nn-Christian  fashion  ul 

^fi-Miîght?    And  tbere'i  M^daleà?    Oh,  I  remember,  ihe 

^JHô  arote  at  onoe.    Magdalen  aat%  the  window  of  ihe 
mer  room,  wrapped  in  a  large  shawj»  watohing  the  oease- 

lÉlfain.  .'  :"''.^i  -    ■.    „■         .  -    tt    .n 

How  White  and  haggard  sh<r  waa  I    How  mwen^y  lU 

^ikd  wotn  Bhftlooked  !    H<^  hnfbend  gaaed  atli«r  aïeal 

^^For  h«aven'8  sake,  Magdalen I "  he  sald,  f'don'^telX 
JÉon  hâve  been  sitting  at  that  window  ail  night  î  Are 
p^^f^Haa  ao^iiag ^hàmm^àLt^JÊB,  Jai^ngl  n^ 
)ingt   WlHitlilèniâHwr' 


^*^f 


■f 

"*»« 

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<•*■ 

- 

1 

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K\ 

•  ti^': 

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■^«f' 
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JLis  arma  wiÉ|$^ 
«nliiabr^l^^ 
'  And  lfagaàl« 
1^  and  Inped 
Wà  sln^l  weekaJ 


« 


»î 


»nnd  har— hé  drew  her  head  lo.vingfy 

her.  \ 

ihiongh  an  her  beinà  st^àg- 
"^^    *  The  hq^d  of 

ptlèM 


f-' 


■k.' 


i.J 


.   ,* 


JSSooM.    m 

her  ofé,  *JJgAuÀ  is  î*  t  Suvé  I  pfftfiid«d  jôn  ?  mv«  t 
fai  my  W^ndflring  wa^r,  don^  anything  wrong  ?  I  am  bat 
f  roughcXlellow  àt  bègt,  «ïia  BMW^ave  l^nrt  your  feelinii 
in' sQuie  w»y  nuknawn.  God  Enowa  ïj wonld  rathwSe 
than  oantB  yon  one  patijf  I  ^  Oh,  my  wife  I  my  darfîM  I 

,  dpe^k  aud  iall  me;  tbat  l  niat^itond  I  This  uleacê^^is 
6oWn©n»~ia  tortdrç  I  »  ^  - 

He.kneU  tjisfoM  h«r,  ^ia  artns  «bout  her,  Wé^yes  fuU 

-  of  mute  appokl.  v      V;     ^-^ 

>.  Was  thii  aeting  ?  ]3é  m  qaité  wbitè  and  tbo  nplifted 
eyes  gazed^  «it  her  in  8peeoBle88  pain.  lit  it  were  but  aofc- 
mg,  tben  he  waa  pat  màster  of  |,he  art.  Bot  thislbride 
ai  a  fortnight  lcne\r  better.     Loft  wristoh;  fal«a  traitoif 

,  tbat  hô  had  beçn  and  wlw,  be  still  loved  hôr  with  a  stroifl^ 
ajd  ïtatense  loTe.C^âlw  felt  a  aort  of  sayago  gatisfaction  in 
the  tbonght— in  tbelniowled|ge— tbat,  tbr^gh  that  teva, 
.  atjçMMt,  abo  conld  stob  him  to  the  héart  f  In  tbeae  fittt 
bitter  bonra  ol^discoTegr  ahe  oonld  feei  nèitber  pity  nor 
releiiting.  ._     -- ;  f 

Sbe  aat  Btonily  siïent  nolr/not  once  o?en  léoking  at  hiaîi 
"  Magdalen  î  '»  he  pteaded  j  «  Hagdalen  t   îfigdaleir  I  - 
Will  vou  net  eiîen  loàk  at  me,  not  e?en  apeak  one  poo^ 
Word  ?    Ob,  my  darlîjïg  I    Iloveyoa  I    I lo?e you  î    Ha^ 
a  btUe  meroy  atid  tell  me  what  I  bave  done  ?**  \ 

.    6he  tnmed  and  looked  at  him'now  foU  in  tbe  fac§.\ 
Ubw  Btaangely  «dlem^  and  baggarà  tbe  great,  Inminonfer 

«^  He  remembêred  and  nndent^od  tbat  tb^ling  case,  and 
never  wfithOnt  aome  of  t^  kéeh  pain  hefelt  MnnUbii 
lifélon^.    ^  .  ..,>'^  •  X         '         ■"     "  -  • 

,  "Tell  you  wbat  yon  b*y^  done  ?"  aèfe alowly  repeated, 
"teU  jou  wbat  you  hare  done  %  Stopand  tbink  one  mo- 

.ment;  look  baokward,  il  yd«  d*e,  and  ànàiràr  yoùr  quefv 
tion  yburaeiri*'  .       -    '       ^     -^ 

T^e  red  blood  aori^  llowlt  «yji^face  tl 

*'I  ain  attswered,*"  MagâaleB-flMBbJlp^ 
and  tumëd  ber  white  face  to  tbe  wwMH^MliaâM. 

Hebeard  tbe  whispered w«Èriy|^^^[lèWtbx«iIt» 
.nold  of  tbe  outer  roora. 
-^«I  do  tiot 
▼olifie. 

"No 


in>^natryM 


Y 


9 


.•«* 


ISS 


MA0I>ÀLEN*S  VOW. 


/ 


The  worda  dropped  igtlm  her  lips  liki  < 
;^  "  What,  then,^  do  jû^  mean  F  Wm^  jon  tUnûe  io 
ihe  TO^t  ?    Whô  haa  wroiight  tlik  sndaeti  change  ?*» 

*^\Nooneé"    ^ 

^é  oame  back  aa  auddenlv  a«  he  had  1«É  her,  &oe  «nd 
«yea  f  ull  of  jearning  love— or  paaaiouate  appeal 

"  Magdàlen/'  he  oïied,  **you  are  croel— you  ara  meroi- 
leaa.  Aa  lieaTén  heara  ine,1;hia  ia  a  fathomleaa  mysfceiy. 
I  hâve  cbmmitteânQ  crime  in  the  past^notte  at  leaat  that 
pan  poaaibly  oonoem  yott.    Some  enemy  haa  been  sbndet^ 

y*  Ah,  huah  !  '*  the  girl  aaid,  wifch  iûexpreaaibte  wearinega, 
r  ,?*.  ,î"®^®"®'  Geprge  Baratone.  There  ia  the  breakftet 
bell  I  "  Shé  arose  alowly.  "  Forget  what  I  hâte  aaM,  if 
you  hke,  and  let  wa  eo  down.  Don't  atai^  at  me  in  that 
wild  way.  Set  lûè  àâtm  àa  like  ail  the  réat  of  my  aex— 
ehaogeable,  inoomprehenaible,  what  you  like— only  don't 
pxire  me  mad  with'^neationa." 

There  waa  a  auppreaaed  intenaity  iu  her  tone.  a  aup-. 
preaaed  pnaaion  in  her  white  face  anddiUted  eyea,  that 
might  well  alarm  any  one  whp  loved  her.^  It  atrapgely 
«tartled  thia  man  who  idoliaed  her.    Without  a  wordhe 
•^w  her  haud  within  hitf  arm  andied  her  down  to  break- 

The  day  had  been  appoînted  for  an  excursion  i»  Ho- 
>ken;  but  tke  weather,  if  nothing  elae,  preolnded  ^l 
^Jiibility  of  that.  Breakiaat  iTaa  little  botter  than  aiaroe 
with  either,  and  tiïey  returned  np^ataira  thé  moment  the 
jneal  waa  ^nded.  Perhapa,  among  ail  the  wretched  daya 
«Bat  were  to  oome,  Magdalen  oounted  noneso  wretéhed 
tod  honeleaa  aa  thia.  In  the  after  time  «he^ad  at  leaat. 
-  cdnfldant  anda^ahareritithesreat  tronblç  of  her  lifa; 
lat  u,  if  any  one  can  dhai^e  the  trouble  of  s  wifeeatraiàrod 
*»*»  lier  hnabaud.  ,  - 

\he  Irnd  not  even  that  poor  oomfort.    Ail  the 
it  whikfcihe  ceaaelâBa  rain  beat  the  gliiaa,  Vhtle 

n»ver-endîng  aiream  of  homan  ijio 

**•-  hekiJianâ,  bntitwaa  thepoor- 

-^'~  iietend  to  read.    And  àU 

i)%^e  Bam6  thongl^ 


juik  of  exonaet    _ 
the  wliile  thé  daL^ 
lteptbeatitup)niev.j 


i; 


VmU&ÂÉAm  FOB  A  BBIDBOIfcOOir.      1S8  ^ 

^Oeowe  esaàyed  coiivôrsation,  but  hia  effort»  w^e  miseiw 

,    aWe  failnres  ;  it  tàkes  two  to  talk,  arhe  îonftd.     SIioiiM 

they  go  to  WaaWugton  011  the  mowoir  f    Ko^t^^^^^        no 
wuhiogb.  i  , 

ma  Bhe  prefer  remaioing  ii^New  York  ôr  Vetnniînir  to  . 
Golden  Wino,W8  ?    She  haï nb  choice— «h^  did  not  oare— 
ge  wonld  do  aa  he  liked— ail  places  were  the  same  to  ber. 
gbe  Boarcely  looked  at  him  once  ;  no  need  to  look  taie^ 
tne  piteonis  expression  bis  face  wore. 

Doctor  Phihp  oalled  in  the  oônrae  of  tbé  ^d^  aftet-  - 
tloon;tofihd  that  obstinate  headacb^  of  Mrs.  Kirstoné'« 
no/better.    ît  was  jtcae  eûongb,  bar  bead  did  itob*— wbea 
8be  bad  .tiBie  to  remember  sbe  bàd  a  bead^^Itb  a  dall 
tbrobbîng  pain.  > 

The  doctor  eyed  ber  witb  more  tban  pwf ession^  gravity 
and  msisted  upon  feeling  ber  pulse^ 

"Higb— fevorishiy  higb,»  bo  saïd.     "My  dear  Mrs, 
Barstone—py  dear  Magdalen»  if  yon  will    permit  tb<" 
consmly  liber^— yon  really  màst take  oare  of  yoarself,  or' 
— An^fa|  biatas  and  a  face  of  owl-like  solemnity. 

llagdaien  snatobed  ber  band  away  in  affright. 

"I  am  not  goin«  to  bé  ili,"  sbe  said,  angrily.  «ï 
nereï  was  ill  in  my  life.  I  fell  yon  there  is  n«>thîng  the 
matter  witjh  me."  - 

—  J*  Excàsé  ine.  Do  yon  call  tbàt  ihtolerabltf  beadadbe^ 
thurrapid  pnlse,  -nothmg,  my  dear  yoang  lady  P  Ko  on^ 
conld  regret  any  illness  of  yonrs  more  than  I  sboifld— 
gère  will  be  none,  I  stnoereïy  trust  j  but  do  pray  be  oare- 
fnl  0^1  j^onrself.  Keep  very  qaiet— èToid  etéitement^ 
doirtthmk."  - 

He  spoke  the  two  last  words  witb  a  grave  significano» 
tbatmadebotb  busband  «nd  wife  look  at  bim.    But  tbe 
medioàl  oonnteniaoe  was  ^rofessi^àlly  nnreadablo.    , 
-Magdàlen  flnsbed  angry  red.    0id  be  saspeot  ber 
ready  ?    For  George,  bis  ruddy  face  was  strangely 
a&d  anxionÉ.    Wben  Philip  tumed  to  go  be«oltmw< 

Jb^i^nL  tbe  room.      ^ _  .j^i^ ;Jf  _:_:__ 

_*'  for  he§ven*8  sake,  Phiï,»  be  eflb||^<  wéftt  i»  it  !► 
What  is  tbe  matter  witb  my  wife<P 
sbe  is  no  more  like  heiself  tb      •*" 

**I  can  see  that," 
«toQé  18  ia  ati^H^H^^^^ 


\*^.* 


„  .   „  ^VL  my  honor 
îfHkétiighïr 
iwered.    **îlln.  Bàr» 
ttn  did  tbis  change  oo* 


?-.-• 


B»  > 


w 


"Caiiaed  itP »  repeated George, with agroaiu  " I ^Oi 
***«  liont,  I  knew  I  She  returaed  witk  me  from  Itia* 
nmà  a  party  as  happj  and  well  as  ever  I  saw  her,  tod-^ 
next  day,  bv  Jove  I  when  we  met,  iust  before  dinner,  siiè 
womhtà^y  sMak  to  me.  And  ît'g  been  so  erer  sinœ. 
8bé  liAsn't  eatetf  0r  slept  àad  ber  talk  tblè  i^àmiiur  was  ia- 
^mprébensibléi"  -^^^ 

"Ah~whatwasit?'*  " 

"I  haydly  kiiow  how  toadl  yon-«ome  crime  I  bad 
oommittedin  tiie  ptot  ab©dMÏdy  binfced  ai.  Noir.  PhiL 
I  h#Te  gooe  awm|a  ^e  pasfc,  jMn»oi)odj  kiiows  bétter  tban 
yon  ;  and  I  wonld  aire  a  year  of  my  fife  to  nndo  what  I 
baTé  done.  But  ifc's  ail  o\rer  and  gone,  ft&d  oali  in  no  way 
ooucern  her.  And  tben,  betweén  my  f alling  asleep  àod 
awaking,  who  was  taUU  berP  gbo  «as  ^ne  ail  tbe 
tlme  ;  and  if^çbe  i»ad  mt  hemi,  wbo  couW  tell  her  P  Kot 
a  sonl  ^tfws  tn.tbe  oi^  but  yoùnwlf/* 
-  Phi%  Baratone  Mstened  witb  a  darkly  impassire  faoe. 
bot  the^  steangeat  light  ftf  intelU^  glewned  in  bis 
naseï  ^eyes« 

^1  H'm^m^^m  ]'»  waa  bis  comment»  witb  an  i^ractilar 
iwd.  't^rge,  haa  yonr  trife  anyfting  on  her  mind  P 
D«8ar  oM  W, Jtei%  be  alraidcrf  me,  l'elTme,  if  yon  knoir. 
Ni>  one  Bhonkr  hare  theae  aort  of  secrets  from  their  médical 
man._  la  tbère  any  si*bjeot  npon  which  Magdideà 
broi^s-Hmytliing  in  her  paat  tm  to  wdrjy  or  dSstren 

AliJ|rbt  jdavned  np<^n  Qeorge,  V 

*'  The.  vow  I^'  be  cried— «Magdàlen*a  tow  l  Oreat 
powerar  ahe  can't  bé  brooding  npon  that!  Tbefellow 
vaa  hore  in  New  York,    It  oant  >B4*at  ahe  baa  iound 

"WbaAwi^?    fionIfJwsdmôlo  Wli 

I  W>wa  in  tbeaé-daya  P    What  do- tou  meftp  ?  "  . 

^   5^  î*  See  hère,  JPbil^  I  Jaremiaed  not  io  t^  ;  but 

^•"/^o*  ^here  your  wife*a  heailh,bodihf  or  mental,  ia 
îtT^Ù^^S^  ia^tter J^oken  tbin  kep*,and 

Verrauiiob  aiatwed,  iodeed,  George  Baratohe  oomn^. 
Be  t(^  tiie  whol#i|Mj  ci.liMBiai«i'a  (yronlâea,  ofib?i^ 
«(  vengeMM»  agrâiaS liimiHicier  '  " 

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OTPLEASANT  Fmii-BBIDÈOROQIL      185 

. .  jrge  flftid.     '*  Her  w6ol6  «onl  »  henA  xipon  iL     If  ah«3 
never  meets  that  man^  my  earfchly  bi^pmem  is  at  an  end»' 

Dootor  Baïstone  langned,  with  erer  so  jlight  suspiok 
of  a  sneer. 

,  ''Higbiy  sensational,  indeed!  What  doos  Uxe,  Bar- 
atone  propose  to  do  ?  Her  sister  mns  airay-with  him,  her 
brother  forgee^h  bole  ;  the  œajesty  of  the  law  won't  toaoh 

this  M r.  Manrice  I^i^ng^et  for  either  of  thèse  Utile ' 

dilloB.  Sad  eaaes  both  ;  ont,  anfortanatety»  very  ec. 
ones.  l'm  i^raid  ^hie  bombastical  tow  Js  only-^o  .-^ 
UltÙLli:  oartridge.  And  itisto  }»  hoped  she  won't  titl 
^N^eDqiesig  or  Bor^^an  and  iiabor'^poisonhim  l** 
/  ''Hearei^  knowsl^  Qeerge^ânBWéred,  with  a  groan. 
^'I  oan't  tell.  1  oûlf  knoir  if  this  sort  of  tbing  oontinnet 
£:,I  «hall  go  mad.  _*Wbat  d&  fm  ad^iae,  Phil  ?  ** 

"  HAfe  yon  asked  hér  what  was  the  matter  ?  '*     -^    , 

'*  Tes;  and  she  i«plied  nqthing,  and  adhères,  to'  it.  I 
askéd  her  if  she  ironld  go  to  Washington.  Sh»  to)d  me  she 
lirejEarred  stayiâg  hère.    PbiV  what  is  it  youdMad  F**  ^ 

VVn  tell  T<m  ktc».  Idon'frwant  to  be  prednitata. 
Let  her  bAve  h«r  wiiy  ;  bttmOTlier  ;  if  she  prefers  tttenoeji 
be  silent;  take  her  ont/  if  she  wiU  go  ;  keep  her  amusée, 
ru  jOldl^  agpii  to-morrow,  «nd  sâs^  this  litUe  postmnptial 
lit  iûil  inlks  l9  cBspeiïed.'' 

Bbétor  SfasteisOa's  assistant  departed  and  George  zo- 
turaéd,  terV  downoast  and  distrèssçd^to  the  jiaflor. 

His  wife  kept  her  seafc»  lookiogij^  so  hamrd  aad  iU, 
gasiirg  ottt  with  darkiy  brooiQ^iyiéd  thÉt  saw  notb. 
iha.  ,  '.:  ■\.  -    ■  :\*'. ■■       ■   -^"-\=^--;--        ,  :, 

Thé  stonn  dqlMidâd  <»w«rft«TéniBg  ànâ  tbefrosty  stan 
oame  ont«^  Mr.  BaMtone  inriled  bis  Wife  to  àeoonlpany 
bim  to  tlie  theaier,  and  Hajraalen  oonsented,  wmiy. 
Wbit  did  ir  malter  wbittler  ibe  wmt  or  Vhat  beoam»  «f^ 
her  t  The  WÔÉid  bad  oonè  to  «  tt|£  What  wasMt 
misery  and  despair  now  ? 

It  wàs.  a  very  ebeerfnl  seene-^Uie  bright^d»^ 

^ted-theafer,  iHth  ito  oenntleaa^j^^ 
tas  lïfe  Ji^AréSffàl  of 
-,.^^«.  laugbed.    mt  she  sat  liiiRII  %i!iii:«nÀ  lum. 
flgttfVP  da  lie  BtageHM  thoagb  tilif^l»ftea  9^^ 
|iee]^  ||iow>  «od  tfaj  lâfiâie  inS  tbd  û^di^  #el«  ' 
m,pmQtmtmi0m^'-.  .'■-:-:-'-■'  '^         '■■■•\    ■-"*, 

Wm  m^WÊ^^^mi  m  Géorgie  luna  Ib  w 


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olo»ed  thé  door.^^^  "Meur,  into  tfi«  inner  room  and 


niaedyou.  " <>W  •  glimpse,  bat  of  ooaw,  I»eoog^ 

."  I  tried  hard  to  eee  who  vas  yâtk  von    ir^.».  i,    i.     ^ 

broth^in.I»w.    I  haw  mSî*  dSS.'V'ï   ""y;™" 
oat  M&rioe  Langlov"  rSfjaie  IS  tK?'  ^"^  ^'^'^ 


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OHAPTEB  XVa  , 

^  Mb.  Babstokh  waited,  with  considérable  impatience, 
for  hl8  wife  to  read  her  letter  and  reappear,  81e  wonld 
tell  Wm  wha  it  wa»  from,  of  coarse.  Oe&tlèmén  in  the 
honfiymooir  don't,  as  a.rale,  oare  to  Bée  tWr  bndes  in  re- 
oeîpt  of  Jettera  from  nnknown  maie  correspondenta.  And 
«len,  who  oould  thdre  be-  in  New  York  to  addreas  Mair. 
^*T^  ^u®J*  ^*  Baratone  waited  impatiénUy,  and  whistlâ 
ancNralked  up  and  down.  >-     _ 

He  waa  allo^te  wai(^  ■  Half  M  hour  n^ 
— Btill  no  Ma£diden-^nd  np  sonnd  witJiin  that  inner 

--    George  tortted  desperoto.    Hé  tapped  a*  the  door. 

"May  ï  corne  in,  Magdalen  ?"be  safd. 

There  was  no  reply.         .'  ' 

He  «mened  tho  door  aûd.éntered.  Xhe  li^hi  bnrned 
dim  j  «B  waa  qoiet.  Magdalen  w«TJdmforta^ly  itï  .bed 
andasleep-r^isleep^to  aU  appeariincea,  ut  least— and  the 
mystonoaa  l0tter  libwl^çne  to  be  seen^ 

George  was  a  moral  yonng  mai^r^as  moral  yénûg  men 
«f?7«na  teldom  BWorer-lpi  stinny  temper  aiding  hw  mor- 

11*^**    *"*  '^^^^  ^-^^ »  Kïle  mental  swearing  to- 

_%*?«aJioo  bad  ef  llagdalen  to  tonnent  him  like  thia. 
lie  loT^tb»  Tery  groandshe  walked  on,  and  she  trod  him 
tmder^ote  piretty  feet» 

-  Wbo  iw»  that  letter  from  ?  What  man  oonld  tbere  be 
m  New  York  who  oonld  nôt  conie  to  s^e  her^  bafr  mnit 
wnte  het  mysterioa»  epistles  ?  She  had  told  bim  she  had 
xu>taaiigleAcquittntanefri».;the.^it3^.JKrhy^^^  hs^ 
wcreta  tirom  her  hnsband  ?"  Had  she  oeased  to  love  him  f 
Had  she  neyerloved  him  ?  Was  it  only  to  end  the  drad* 
»!▼  of  teAehlni^  «^  beoome  t^Mress  of  Golden  Willows. 
«itffl(ehadmi|fi^hira,  «fteraUr*^ 

^  ^  ^.WIS  iP*«,^*^  b«t  ankdtfferent  night  of 
t.  u-m^aaim^  dlénoteâ  by  ont  fbir  yotti|gl)i«e. 


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The  early  snnàhine  flooded  Sierooia»I»n'he«*Ak..»ii. 

w?^®*iS!v**"**®  ^*^  pointed  ont  W  coQrae  •  WilIÎ«V 

'  ilî^dljî'  *^"  *"•""'  '''^  '^  ^^'  ^»^*^    Heïhoild  S;ÏÏ 

"Dreasidj  Jfa^alten?"  George'aaid.     "AiidliAw  J 

It  WM  a  8ecw.t,  ttién,  and  ehe  diî  not  iSm  to  tSihW 


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.  "J^".^*»»*  y^^r  «apoke,  George,  t  kiiow,"Bhe  «ûd;: 
î  t5!ï|f  i**'"?  ojer  the  trj^ee  uppn  the  table,  -  and  I  hâté 
a  lettef  to  wnte  to  New-  HamBfliire,    If  yoa  wiH  retam 
iorme  m  an  honr  mp  will  flnd  me  ready/' 

The  hint  was  not^  be  mistaken.  George  took  it  and 
departed  at  onoe.  He  did  irant  a  smoke  &  çomfort  Sm 
ahttletindejr.allthig.  He  Bat  iq  the^readfegSoom  aid 
penisg  the  mQromff  papew  over  bis  consoling  Hayaim, 
t^h^-^""  **     •  *""  ^*^'  Imes^tTnïïî; 

She  ™  ^J>  allftè»j^fi^d  from  Willie,  afae  expeot^ 

«.ff niS;?*  ^^**^^*?Jiteè^  •  fortnifht-lthat  ^  S 
«le^foldfôd  and  8«»led  ffi^te  and  thén-arose  and  dresséd 
ier  the  walk  She  looÈpd:  at  heraelf  in  a  sort  o£  wem 
wonder,  a»  ghe  |>nt  on  bef  bonnet.  ' 

"  Hoirptde  and  thjn  I  hâve  gtown  in  two  brief  dava  ♦* 
Bhe  ttougfit.     "  Whereif  ail  the1>îoom  and  beauty  be  u^ 
.  to|»raiàenow  ?**  ^ 

•  "^S^j^*  ten,  my  love,*'  Georjje  criéd,  briskly  «men- 
ing  the  d^r.  "Ail  ready?  If  âe  wînd  and  aîn^ne 
thiB  t^rvmg  àon*%  bung  back  your  io«t  roses,  then  notfi- 

They  doBcended  thestain  and  padsed  ont  of  the  hotel. 

SSï^"  /^^^  **"**   aweepin*,  tnmed  glance  aronnd. 

r^Jn^i?  ""?*  r*"^»^*  ^?  *^*  cttrbstone,  stood 
ft^ronngman,  bis  handiliNiii|tointo  bit  ooattKMsketa 
hTs  felt  bat  nnlJed  oyer  W^To^Ù^^^^^ 

'I W  «^S^*  **■*  *^™*^  nnfastened,  George/  Hrs.  Banane 
s^,  Jer  «ear  tonMqnite  audible  wh^rethisFoiterer  stood. 
"  Fasten  it  please.^  -^  '' 

Gewge  objved.  His  W  aiVe  aeonred  the  bottwi. 
tnrned  ditectly  toward  tbeéoHtaryyopngmanonthacurbl 
wope.  , 

'*  T W  iny  dw.*' he  saidi  and  drawing  the  HtUe  hand 
witbiu  bis  *nn,  he  le4  her  away.  -   "*  * 

-  Jt  Jffl»Alo»i&Âidrwînt«»  m«]hBtagr^9  sn^tefltÉ^ 

ia«ai»  tttad  Iroëty  bat  not  pief cing^  the  stôvw  «t  fflS  ' 

ife:  iwd  Broadwa/ filled  witk  people.  ^^ 

i^S^W^^  Magdaén'a  i|^  yo«i, 

^"^lÉiJvpt.  «orne  .«Mat  «Uati&af. 


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MAèiXALBN'S  VOW. 


iZ^    r^t..»  Yoar  headache  of  yesterday  is  qaite  «oùe 

i  »ke  on»  cl  tii©  Fwie^»  Do<rt8ç 


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141 


^^mimé  |hoiight.  as  he  wàtohéa  her  glowinff  fAQ9  with 

,   Ji^lf^oioâ,  pieroing  ojiBs ;  ''bat  iherejs  mi  old  a^a 

^DOïit  still  water, and  yottr  qniet  litUe  women  are  thêiSr 

^ence^whea  aronsed.    TUafc  pretty  anuling  moolfiîs  <t  tSt 

qet^rmmed  inonth,  atid  tfaqso  bright  blae  eyea  can  âasE 

«toely  &e^  upon  oeoaûona, 'I  dare  èwean    A  inan  might 

-Mto  a^er  etfomy  than  yon,  my  pretty  Mrs.  Baratone." 

Ma^alfin  was  m  y ery  bigh  spirits  wheri,  «ome  time  «fter 

ni)âBight,^be  drove  home  by  ber  hasbaod's  sjde.    Th« 

«ndden  and  «nreaèonj&le  rêbonDd  from  dénr^ir  to  bop© 

«ent  an  hyaterical  glow  of  e^oitement  to  hei^  fee— afew. 

ub  nng  m  ber  langb  and  TQÎcèC 

_HoirbeautifttUheiilgbtwasI    How  brilliant  tbe  moon  I 
How\  coontlesB  tbe  jtars  I    How   pictaresque  Broadway 
lookednndertbe'moooUg^tandgaiîightl    How  pleasànt 
tbe  eve^ng  had  been  I    How  poor  FanayVould  enjoy  ber- 
lelf  beré  I    How  mncb.  bis  cousin  PhiHmproTed  npon  ao- 
/gnuntance  t    He  lad  beea  #Bite  enteftaming  to-night  : 
^rbad^made  ber  laugK  over  droU  stories,  so  drolly  told  r 
*f  ^î^  yj^h  8oob  deep  affection  of  Aunt  Lydial    Ob. 
«he  liked  him  ever  so  mncb  better  tban  at  first  V 
_8othegirlranon^fe!rerisblytaïkatiy©„and  excited  by 
'  •hejndden  réaction  she  had  nndei-gone.    She  looked  balf 
learfnllf,  balf  eagerly,  as  they  entered  tbeir  room,  for  a 
note  from  Willie  ;  but  none  awaited  her.    Choiras  to  bare 
tnat  night  to  hope  and  to  sleep  once  lâore.  — 
^1."  ^^^^  bear  from  him  to^ay/*  was  her  first  waking 
thongbt;      «  Ob,  hetiMHr'^t  I  may  hear  tbe  news  I 
nopefèr  I" 

She^w^t  down  to  breakfast  witb  G«orge->h4ppy  George 

Wben<*|bey<retamed  np-stairs  tbe  expected  letter  ky 
çonspicnods  npon  tbo  tabie.  Magdalen  pouncëd  npon  it 
in  an  instant,  bnt  not  before  Geérge  had  seen  tbe  8apec> 
«np^on»  »n  tl»6  same  big,  n^asouline  fist  as  before.  • 
^vHallo  ^  bie  8«d,  "  another  letter  from  yonr  nnknown 
irwndlnlSnitnf^^  ~  Why  tfie  deuce  doesn't  he  conie  to  êae 
joo, instijadnf  writingyoa  mystorioas levers,  Magdalen  ?* 

Ferhans  Magdalen  did  not  hear— she  made  no  reply,  she 
^med  thé  letter,  m  beltm»,  into  tbe  InnjlCililliiiiiilui:  and 
«loMd  thtt  door  after  ber.  '.^ 

...  "W— îtl'^ft^ght  Georee,  ttd%  sujkîiy  down  by 
w.     <10oâoiind  m    Uli  s  Um^  too  bad,  bv 


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Ra?.j> 


nom  otiier  men  «nd  refiiw  to  let  me  «ee  ^Iméki  P  l'm  not 
»  jealoi^-mînded  feUow  in  the  main,  bot  if  èi»  «ort  ol 
ttwnff  j^oea  on  mnoïi  longer,  111  knov  the  rewoi^why,  bf 

_yt  tu  Mrooç^  M»gd«ïen,  irifeli  ^e  seiaed!  leHçr  ia 
lier  hand,  stpod^lor  »  moment  fMnfi*  ii  wïth  a  «ck  feel- 
ingof  dread.  Itmichfe  bélier  r^pneve  or  her  death  war- 
rant—wlio  oiMild  iM^L  ■ 

Onoe>  twio0,:  «Iw  t^^  it,:  and  «topped  ;  then^ 

^h«i|mltimpni80ii&^ï,«Srti^^         toreS^4e  en- 

_  «For  ôodVBaé,  don'tBaj  tiuit  the  mail  î  iaw  wiîli  you 
thw  moming  w  the  man  yon  liate  marrièd  ! .  That  man  tf 

The  Tillainî    Hay  dàre  he  do  it?    Meet  me  totday— I 
m«gt  itee  von  I    From  m»  o*clook  nntil  flve  I  irill  ho  in' 
front  of ,  the  Aoadétoy  oï  Mtwic.    Meet  me  wlthont  îaiL 
^<lome  yeilèd  and  «lone.  ;:'  *  «  Wïi«&" 

'     TheletterJîrûrôedftOTfrhor^fl^  îettet, 

that  deatroyed  her  laat  îiope.    She  did  on  her  kneee  ;  bar 
face  fell  npon  bertîhwped  banda.  -      »    "^ 

«  Let  me  die  T'  ahe  orled  ;  «  let  me  die'before  I  ^rer 
aee  him  again  I    Oh,  God,  be  meroif pi  and  let  nie  die  I  ** 

It  waa  »  wiolt^d  and  desperatr  prayer—wicked  and 
despemte  M  the  purpoBO  of  her  life.  .  She  knelt  thereJn  a 
dreadfo],  blind  despair,  «md  neither  on  earth  norîn  h^Hon 
ooold  thjetJBost  wretohed  Wifa  loofc  for  hope  or  help^  ^  % 
.  jÇ^^  long^he  lay  there  she  never  lcne«r--«be  wàs  part 
taking  note  of  tiôe.    A  tap  at  the  door  «roased  h^r.  ^ 

:  HMfdaJen,'*  Oeorge'g  impatient  Toice  said.*  *'M9  you 
iialeeî^l  -  U  «o,-  be  good  <«ic|ng^^  wf-m^.  eer  i  wiÔ  so^in 
and  awakenyoa/'  ,.  '    .      '^ 

Màgdalen  arose.^  Bespair  might  oome,  bnt  dêath  wonUl 
Ço^^hm^  Jbidding,    She  opened  the  door  imd  admittad 

>tten   onr  propoeed  iTttle  exoniaion 
rhatnowtronblehaahai^ieiMdf    To»  . 

aliipiit  tbo 


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TBÈ  FIIffiT  HOVS. 


148 


'  weU  e&bagli  iogo.    Bai  ih&t  need  no^  .det^in  yoiu    Toa 
hAré  promided  Mnu  Mor^lluid,  and  they  will  exonae  ine*'^ 

«  Very  likfily,  but  l  shaU  not  ask  them.  As  if  I  oonld 
l«ive\y(m  alone,  «nd  illl  ^Whatis  it^.my  dear?  TktA 
ifretcàed  hMdaoke  again,  or  did  youf  letter  oontaîa  \md 
neè^  r    Xt  w  not  Irom  yoar  o^r8e^i  thiaUç.''^ 

"  No  ;  ife  wa»  not  from  uiy  nurs«^'  '. 

*<  I  was  not  avare  yon  nad  any  othet  oon«B]xmdé&ti^ 
my  dear.    IVom  Bomo  one  m  the  j|ity«  was  it  not  ?  ** 

"  Il  ▼aa."  ^  > 

Her  hand .denched  OTor  it  as «he  spoke.     --^ 

«<  From  Mme  m«a  P  " 

**Ye8.*' 

''  Ma|^a1en,  you  wiU  show  m«  tbat  letter,  will  yon  not  P 
It  is  not  possible  yon  oati  harë  any  seorels  Irom  mo^7  '' 

^*  It  ie  quite  poBsibte/ilr.  Barstone  I    I  dare  say,  if  tbo 
tmtb  were  known,  you  hare  mute  thab  one  from  me,^ 
_.  "Magdalenî" 

Shç  langhed  reoklesslv.  Witb  that  misérable  œ^lesa 
a&goish  at  ber  heart,  sbe  ioareely  knew,  soaroely  ûared» 
what.sbe  said  or  did. 

*f  ïhat  absard  old-fashioned  eostom  of  husbands  and 
wÎTés  tdlin^  each  other  eVerytbing-ip  obsolète,  like-otfa^ 
old'fasbioned  onstoms,  in  tbis  enligbtened  nineteenth 
centnry.  Yon  keep  yoqr  own  conns^,  George»  and  t»  for 
the  fntnre,  wiil  keep  mine.  Yon  had  better  go  witfa  the 
..Morelands  io-day»  and  keep  yonr  word.  Yon  are  kind  to 
spr(^ose  staying  with  me,  bat  I  assore  yoja  X  should  l^rsfer 
Deing  àlone."  >  '  ,  ^ 

Chkorge  WM  very  pale — ^yeryi  very  grave.  ir 

'  ^^^Mi^tlalen;,  I  beg  of  yon,  sbow  mt^  tbat  note  P^i  ^ 

**  I  wiU  not  show  yott  tbat  note,  Ôeorge  I  **  ' 

Therè  was  a  panse. 

'*  It  ii^  &Bfiere|,^  tben  ?  "  he:asked>  baskily^.  - 

<*  ît  is  a  secret.'*'  "  '  ^ 

'*  Tell-  me,  at  least,  who  is  tbis  man  wfao  wrîtai  to  yen  f- 
TeUrnebisname?**       _  *,    *v 

**  Soi  eteni  bis  name,    It  is.qnite  «seless  y^t  aakiatg 
^jom  on  tbis  subject— I  will  not  iellt^oa!" 
"^  g^'e  note  into  fragments,  '9%iSlÊÊÊ^I^.  ^4  yf>^ 
{liront  of  the  wîndow.       * 
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^Thenfypa  never lored  ma,  Magdalen  l«  ^^  "^^^ 

,  «  Loyed  tpn  [^*  ihôcried.;iSh«ro86iipaimtuniidnn«i» 

him  hke  a  ÎTnnted  animal.     "  I  lored  ySiTw  wS  thS? 

was  m  hwven,  not  on  earth,  wher  von  a^Ped  me  to  ^^ 

jShe  broke  ont  iuto'h^ricftl  «obbiàg/h^handa  clame* 
i?!5>te4îïît'^^tr  :5:l^-P-*e,l.nneedglano(.. 

?^n!;'^-.**î  ''^''-  ,  She  wonld  not  listen  to  airord. 
"  Por  pit/8  sake,  let  n»^  flay  no-ffiore  aborit  M    «ee» 

ana  lier  party.    If  you  hâve  c^ne  generona  feeUM  left  for 
mein^yonr  heart,  be  meroifia  anlleare  iw  alone.»  " 
f  OOyon  really  w»h  it-waUy  wiah  I  ahonld  «0  to  thk 

"  I  reàlly  wrish  it,    A  ^vmiae  i»  a  promise.    Go  I  »» 
^«»rge  Barstone  tame«  on  bk  h^and  aM^bedth» 

witbont  yoii  I    Yon  may  haro  a  JÂh^ihA^&à 
«Jl^e^otttoîthe^^rtbed^;  l^iftS^lSS^ 

tiiMiai^  bv  *B  meang.    lœay  don^t  yoof  love,  bni 
y»?"l1^'  ^»y  thafciéeB  me  doubfe 


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Hifpaaléii  sawliini  lamm  nndor  hèr  idudow  uid  âîi«piMaè 
•mid  the  thrdng.  lor  the  flnt  time  shu  had  thoroaghly 
•Qooeedéd  in  «rousing  and  angering  him. 

Honra  naaaed  ;  wit^i^nd  witbont  life  was  at  iti  bnoidtt  / 
and  brignteslb  ;  many^  zbotsteps  eohœd  in  ~  the  passagef  7 
irithônt  ;  dooni  op«ned  and  shnt  rjnenry  yoiees  and  gay 
laoghter  reao^ed  her—bnt  she  eût  tÇere  more  ntterly  aleneÀ 
more  ntterly  lonel^^  tban  if  the  gmt  hôtel  had  tieen  thè^ 
heart  of  some  nrimeval  forest.    She>  was  leamiiig  tl^e 
hitter  truth  of  the  odd  Une»  :  v      -         ><^ ,  •  i  .    ;  / 


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'*  And  to  be.  wroth  with  one  we  love     ^ 
Doth  work  Uké  madneaai  on  the  brain." 


Si^  long  she  lay  there  in  her  ttanoe  of  torpid  snffering, 
thatlat  last,  worn  ont  by  watchitig,  she  fell  fast  asieep. 
Do  i^ot  condenined  men  sleep  <^n^that  last  awfoLnijgbt, 
'that  sprecedes  the  more  awinlHo^morrow  f  Sleep,  ihe 
mërounl,  took  her,  and  h^d  her  for  honrs^ 
1  Th^short  wintsi  dh^  was  wearing  fast  tô  twilig|i|;  when 
■lie  a^oko.  She  siarted  np  in  aftright,  and  looked  at  her 
watohi  Had  she  erverslept  the  appointed  time  ?  Ko,  it 
was  notfjet  fire,  and  the  distance  to  the  place  aï  tryst 
short.  0he  threw  on  hermantle  and  bonnet,  fastenêd  a 
close  n&ask  at  hlaok  lace  brer  her  face  and  d«parted  om 
.^er  erriind.  •-  -  .^ 

;  The  iniB^  «Fannary^loaming,  ail  gemmed  wi^  stars, 
\w  like  a  blueveil  of  mist  oyer  ihethrongedstreets,  as  she 
mtted  rapidly  along. 

Whflr0  haa  George  becn  ail  day,  she  w<Hidered,  and 
woald  hè  retnï<n  to  the  hôtel  before  herseU,  iM^d  ask  more 
qitoetions  impossible  to^  answeré  As  slbe  ditêw  near  the 
8tet«%  building  oh  Fonrteenth  8treét,  a  yoàng  man, 
slenoning  idl^  iNsfore  it.with  his  hands  thmst  ^p  in  hia 
jaoket  poèketff,  started  forward  to  i^t  her. 

'*  Am  I  late,  Williet*-she^  asked.spanting  with  the 
jlherwalk,    */ 1  could  not  help  it    lfellaidfie{L!t- 

^'X)H,  Ton  felî  aslëep,  did  yon  P  YonVe  ffrown-jaris-' 
tocratio,  I  snppose  and  tnmed  day  into  night  ake  tlji^fsdfe 
of  tfaem.  If  peoplevill^ênjoytheuMHl]»^/'  l^  . 
theater  and  halls  on  Fif th  avenne  ersu^^chl^  ' 
it  is  to  be  expécted  thej  will  slem  a^next  djM[ 
ihink.  af terthe  newa  I  sea^  yon,  lui.  Bamiton^'^ 


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heArt  pieroed  by  a  à»gfpff,  and  the  initial  <B  ?'  Baohel 
toîd  me  of  it  lojiç^  before  J  tiioaght  of  being  marri«d>  hnt 
it'bad  entiwïj  alqsped  nrr  memory  uatil  three.  dayg  agow- 
Xt  fiashed  faaoVii|K>n  me  like  ligbtning»  and  vhile  hed^ 
I  Iooli»d  at  hia  arm»  and-bebeld  tfae^  fatal  mark.''  ^ 

Willie  Allward'  ûnw  a  long  breath. 

**  I  rem«mber  t  I  remember  !  Then  t^e  matter  ia  b«» 
fmà  a  doabt.  Bo  yoa  know  that,  tbongh  I  reoogniaéd 
lAûgley 'at  firat  «gbt,  yet,  aince,  I  bave  bad"  doubtai^ 
grBCve>doiibt8  0f-'hi«  îdenMty  witb  tbe  man  accompanying 

«««      T 1 ^--' ^  knewhim,  ,over  *  .     .» 

udlower  than  be 

_.  jet  black— dyied, «.»„.    *^„ 

Itë  wears  no  mustaobe,  and  yoa  know  bow  thb  loss  ol  oao 
alters  tbe  «xpression  of  a  roan's.  fabe.  Bat  the  tattdoing 
placea  tb^  matter  beyond  a  doabt.  I  recolleot  tbo  mari 
pprfeotly— ^it  was  most  peenliar,  and  oe<ild  nerer  be  ef- 
iaced.  '  And  now»  Magdalen,  what  ia  to  be  done  P  " 

**Hiiùt  him  down  I^'  Magdalen  aitawared  betweeQ  bar 
•et  teetb.  **  Tbe  blow  tbat  atrikea  bimVill  kill  mo  ;  but 
tfome  miaery  «r  deatb,  I  will  keep  my  tow  t  lAoxa  ahaQ 
beavengedr" 

**  Then  I  may  Iode  to  yoti  fo^tiélp  witbont  ftûl  f  I  ba- 
gan  to  fear  I  wonld  bave  yon'  àpiiuit  me^  too,  nov  tM 
JooattJiiâWifo.*'  * 

«'^iMaAd  I  am  hia  wi«^  I  will  aid  you  to  tbe  laat 
Hour  dare  be  do  it  !    How  dare  be  do  it  t    I  UAà  him  my 
atory — I  told  of  the  purpoae  of  my  life~-«nd  be  dared  to  , 
marry  niel    ^unt  bim  d^wn,   Willie,  if  yoa  oan,  tbe 
JWle.fala^faïaô  traitai^  I"        - 

'  ««  Haah-b-b  !    Net  ^ite  ao  lottd  on  tbe  atreat    If  I 
-aanf    Ofa,  I  oan  hare  iio  fear  of  tbat!    I  baya  Ut» 
Maariœ  Langley  aa  odmpleteAy  in  my  power  ai  e««r  onr 
mah  bad  anotberî     Tbe  law  wom't  toniâLliim  for^^i^ 
ienméi  agaî^  Laàra  imd  m^  t^^ 

"Forwhi^brotber?^  ^ 

" HeVeriiiind  t^ight,  Magdaléb ;* doa't be  in  ûhartf 
ii>  jbear  it.  Ifc'a 'aometbing  yo»  won*t  lik«  *-  «^  ' 
■omething  a  Uttle  worae  than  adytihine^<m^~  ' 

"  Worie  P  the  girl  aaid,  iamiidd# 


UAQBAtmPB  

coBBQlt."  "^ ^ *"***"*" «QâjgMr  pe won  ato>to 

;;  Anothcr^rwii; WaUé?    Who^^c^      bé  P« 

■mfie  whileTstab!    He  Hm  L«?  J*^^***  **»^i''*  «*»<! 

hare  diÉH>veréd  hfa^reaSorSlJ  ""^J  f'î?^'  **»«*  t 

Çrt  of  nncwnaclonè  innS«îoe  i^  S  iw    hi.P^^y»  «^h*» 
fte  f^intest  glimmer  of  iSS2.f^^î  .^^^^  **  *?«'«  ^e» 

liim  «lilty  ,,,  '»»«'**«»--l  woold  not,  I  could  n<jt  l^lièiè 
aieii  are  conoZSf  v^^lTin^l'  ^'«^.«r  hé^Tén  wbéi« 


râB  HttST  uoym. 


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tiie  road  we  ara  Imâing  th«re  is  no  tnmmg  baok.    I  wiH 
kwp  my.¥o|rI    I  Urill  haTttiny  r^reng©  uBon  Maorioa 

The/  wer©  piwi^  this,  nii- 

oonsoionaly  nusmg  her  vQice..    Two  meà  «tood  talking  ai 
an  open  door  and  one  of  them  paased  iuddeoily  in  whai 
he  wu  sayinç,  aarthose  rifaging  wordg  met  lu»  car,  andi 
tarned  wonud.^  The  hghl;  oî  ffie  sfcreet  lamn  ai  l^e  aw^ 

S?'  A!?^  "P"  ****  P*^®  ^^'^  ®'  Magdiaen  Baratone. 

She  bad  ^oag  iwôlj;  jier  veU  in  her  excitement^e  saw  hap 

^  pljâipRhûoçh  U  werè  broï^  day.  ^^        :^. 

V  **JBi  f^fl*  Baratone,**   the  other  gentleman  said-* 
lanM^  "  Do.yott  know  her?  ».  :  *  ^ 

'^  ,*»^^'  /  ^'***''  her,»*  Dootor  Phflip  Baratone  replied. 
I^liberately,  '*  and  X  didn't  expeot^o  aee  her  hérè,  and  tS 

"    S^.^i"*^?^^®**^-    -fil  call  iTonnd  again  to^morrow, 
Fletcher,  tosedyour  vtfe,  Gtood^nightl** 

He  ran^^n  the  eteps  ahruptly.  ^Ëis  lîgàt  wagon 
rtood  0^  tbdi  Street  ;  he  apraug  in  and  drôve  aîoirly  «lon/r 
the  Btre^t,  kfeepîng  the  pair  on  the  aidewalk  #eU  in  vieï^ 

.    They  néVer  «^noe  noticed  thé  watoher  on  the  sti^t,  thW 
èI^y  were  too  éntirely  abaorbed  iij  thèit  vendetta  îaàid  he,  of 

^  ooarsé,  oottld  not  hear  a  word  they  said.        ♦       t 

♦*Where%  that  moon-étriMpk  idiot,  George,  t  wonder,*» 
thonght  the  doctor,  **  that  he  lete  hia  peerlesa  treàsnre  walk 
abont  the  atreeta  of  New  York  lafternightfallwith  disrepa- 
table  yoanç  men?  Wheù  hlp  loft  me,  an  houf  ago,  iat 
home  I  donH  thihk  he  expeotod^o  find  little  goMen-locka 
takmg  nootarnal  rimbles.    m  cioatse,  the  fellow*8  thé 

,   returned  conTiot.     Ah  !  thef  w  going  to  part—Ill  keep 
liim  in  view,I  think  j  it  mi^  be  naefal  to  know  wfaere  lii 
livea  I  **  l  .'■',-■■  ^  ■  -^ 

They  wwted  where  they  badi  met^n  front  ofth^iLÔid- 
«my.  The  Uatener  in  the  wagànoaoght,  as  he  drew  bdldly 
olose  tcf  the  oarbitonej  the  young  ma&*s  laat  reiwu'k  : 

'*  Go  toWashtndyn  for  a  Jf  ^c  jf  he  %i8bealt>^.i»>ke 
yon»elf  a»  agreoïblë  as  yônj  oia         ÎT fôCiiMMSieir 
Hothing,  yon  nnderatandP    O^hings  done  in  a  barry  ai^ 
nem  well  doné.    I  me^  to  #ork  slowly  and  8Qi% 
uiis  matter.    xm  may  send  me  eome  monr^  ■'^  ^  --^- 
thirty  or  forty  doyars.     Xofokppatril 
bpt  m  a  tbingKke  mi:^gffmfi^ii^tk' 


-Wirii,: 


hit^  give  H  ma  tttiA.^Matth^-4sB*t  t^is  the  honeyoïoQn?'' 
M  UagheèppwTily,  '<  Good  niglit,  Mûr  l  I-wou't  say 
vleaaani;  ârapu^  Moauee  î  think  tbéy'ré  bardly  likely  to 
m  pleflHwnt.  Xt  wvn't  do  for  me  to  lie  aeen  iritb  yôu,  yoa 
inow.    Yàtn  çan  find  yonr  wav  bock,  I  suppose?  ^ 

"  TesV-yes—I  Jmve  Uugerea   too   Ions-  as  it   is  f     I  ' 
Aould  iiare  be(»i  back  T)^ore  George»  HI  ^^^t  yon  tiie 
tt<>ney  to-JXtorrow,  Willie^Ihave  more  tban  tbat  of  my 
flWQ~-I  ootdd  uot  ask  bim  for  it,  so  make.it  ttwt  as  loqg  as 
ydin  Gsn.    Ôood  nigbt  I '' 

Sbe  w4ked  sirif ^  aad  ligbtly  away  and  WîIUe  AlHrsrd 
doqehe^  more^Uovly  ùi  tbie  opposite  direotion.  Ré  hailel' 
a  oaf  on Tbird  ATetttte,.pàresantly,  and  woa  takea  à  lotig 
wfkj  down  town  ;  but  tbe  doctor,  in  bis  gig,  foUowed 
penîeTerind^^ig^d^ym:]m|i  get  ont  after  bau  an  hoàr's 
ride.  HelpKinM^àrai  W«a  obscnre  slreët  dose  by  tbe 
rî?er,  vhere  tall  Cernent  bonsea-^Bd  reeking  stables  cast 
weird  sbadova.  ij^tbe  moonUgbt.  He  entered  one  of  tbe 
idBiiil^ieatof  tbese  sbabby  dlteUings,  and  diaappeared. 

'«Eartbed/'  said  Dpotor  Pbilip,  smilins  ffrimly  ail 
by  bimaelt  as  be  trotted  briskly  away.  <'I  sbaH  know  ' 
mis  lÉifeet  and  i^t  bouse  again  witb(^nt  difflcqlty.  What 
nlot  are  tbese  two  batobingP  Bas  Magdalen  Allward 
ifttmd  Kaiiric»  Xiangley,  or  aoes  sbe  <»ily  tbink  sbe  bas 
|ôttûdhim?«    .^     w  -        '       .  •• 


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GHAFTKB  XVHL 

b^  f^SXÔB  BiOOIOB  PStClP  t>OBB  HIB  DCTT. 

Mb^6i!Oboib  BABflXoirB,  ba¥iog  lost  bis  tefnper  and 
left  bis  bride  in  a  veirjr  anbrideecoont-Uke>  noi  to  say  un- 
«bxÎBtiaJDi,  frape  of  Bûnd»  ifr  woiud  natuxa^y  be  S9pj|>9sed  ba 
piwped  ft  Tory  dismal-and  disagreeable  day.  ~- 

^_^Kothjng  olJjMLMrV  Itoweret,  |jp^.  J^rsfenng  m0sJ^^, 
iétf  j<â[]iy  altomoon  and  enjoyed'  Idmi^lf  exceedingly. 
For  i^e  tbing,  he  waé  of  tbat.jaangnine.  eiastio  tem- 
snpMHxt  Jb^  ^TùWB  ofl  trottble  lui  leaves  tbrow  off  dew- 
à^J^ ,  ««•  &rii**ui.  tbesunahine  and  £ro8^  wind  were  «x- 
rarejiiae  j;  and,  for  a  tbird,  fiottpg* 
^-'-  wbom>  iiiliia  âttotims 


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MthertDk-^flBsani  f^Wg  âU^-^ortists^  neirapaper  SMn^ 
dwéllers  au  in  thel^nts  of  Bohemia,  and  «U  more  or  leea 
deltghtièd  to  «ee-  tiieir  <Àd  compAiiion. 

«*The  Tory  mau  of  ment  ï  .  vanted  inost  to ajwe  I  f  onr 
liter^  gentlemen  exclaimed,  wringing  the  JiUIford 
law^er's  hand.  **  I  never  knewyon  weire  manied  and  m 
the  city  untU  jeeteiday,  when  Phil  dropped  în  tp  teu  né. 
How  well  the  lell^w'?  looking-^getting  atonter,  by  Jovel 
And  Éhey  aay  you'^e  married  a  beani^,  old  boy.  Ai,  I 
reoollébt,  70a  alwaya  bad  an  inflàmniftUb  beart  and  an  eye 
for  a  pretty  laoc,  HoUia  xaves  abourbèr-sp-don^  kitoir 
Hollia  P  Àrtist,  you  know—mad  «bont  tui  women,  Mne 
eyea  and  golden  hair,  and  dead  ifi  love  irltb  yonr  wife. 
'Pon  my  ward  he  ia,  George.  And  y6tt*ïl  dine  with  me, 
won!t  yen,  dear  «Id  boy  P    And  oh,  oy  tb«  bye,  tb«t  re- 


■-.  i>ï 


He'0  been  tbe  pet  of  the  wmiGoatë  «ince,  he  left  oÛ  long 
n^,  I  believe,  and  bis  Grei}îan  nôae  and  long  eyelaabee  ^ 
bave  made  bia  fflfirtnne  at  Iwst.  He'â  l^ioMed  n^  irb|i1t 
better.men,  like  myaelf,  baye  bijen  lOI^t  litee  bantiJig 
in  vain~-«-  hnndred  thonaand  ddlar  beireaa.  Howe?fl«v 
Xiefai^  ia  going  to^ô  «S  «^laat  aympoeimn  to-iiigbt-« 
~8ort:el  farewdl  féaat,  jron  nndert|tand--before  hé  abakèt 
tbe^tlat  of  BobeilAia  oflf  bia  bighïy  reapeotable  booté  and 
gpes  in  for  the  bloated  ariatoeraey.  And  yiôn  nntt  oème^* 
old  fellor;  Lefyge  begged^me,  ei^.tbiamoniing;  te 
famnt  yon  np,  ahdinaist  npob  it.    Foira  oomin^,  «nd  a 


npon  vhieb  yon  ao  brav^y  bâte  apning— take  oompaaa&Hi 
npon  bimy.  and  oome.**  v... .       ,  ,     *    T    ' 

"Ftfhapalmay,  IHck," heêaid,  «^ aJthongb IgojiM 
Maè<^^lwt  to  take-her^-te  Hfee-^w»— to^ghti f ~A^ thè-i,—  ^ 
Work  I  aee  I  "  he  motioned  Trithlûa  cigar  ioinèrd*  ipt^W 
mannacript  atrewn  wildly  oter  the  floor.    •*»)w'i  liMlïK 

tore?** 

**  IJfely— nncommonlr  ao— nerer 
life.    Corne,  aiong  to  Mmor'-^  — 

"*  I  led  Geofjge 


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MimAî0sm  Yow. 


mfàj  :  Init  while  b^iisieiwa  «ad  ade^  the  Milieorâ.fo^rrer'fl 
&<nûdita  wtadered  off,  manv  thaes,  to  hia  bride.  Whajk 
^M»  nte  doinl^  F  Ho«r  wotud  she  meet  hîai  when  ho  oame 
baek  i  His  lueruT  ffiend  fonnd  him  nnsooiably  absent 
and  distrait,  and  rdeased'bim  as  tbey  sannteredoatsniok- 
ing  tbeir  altor-dinner  oigar<  t 

'<  When  aman  aaks  yon  tlie  same  questio^'  thrice  orer, 
and  he  never  baars  yen,  it'a  higli  time  to.  let  yon  ga.  Yon 
i^ant  to  go  baok  tayonr  wife,  1  sappoee  ?  I  don't  think 
Iiefarge  will  be  qnîte  so  far  gone  as  that  tbree  weéka  after 
natrimony  I  Ask  her  ifsfae  von't  |rieaae  let  yon  off  daty 
to-nighir— for  once  in  a  way  ;  Lefal-ge  will  never  forgire 
nqr  il  éhe  doesn't*  :&nd  so  good-by,  xny  dear  ^(Hofee. 
WemeefcagainatiîbtUppil'*  . 

Hisliteyary  friénd,  a  «entieman  whô  writea  bis  nani9 
bigh  ftmong  the^tory-teuing^Bedooina  of  bis  tribe^  sann- 
tered  aWi^;  bnt  Geoyge,  thoogb  liberèted/4id  not  reti^ti 
wbere  bia  beart  and  tr«inire  irere.  Had  be  not  pronu«ed 
to  rid  bèr  pf  bit  preaenoe  for  tbe  day»  and  it  waa  onllé  five 
o'olook  as  y<^t?  So  Mr.  Barstone  trottod  along  Brot^iray, 
and  wfis  afiotbér  nriit  in  tbat  bnsy  thorongbfare,  and  m^ 
vwo  or  three  men  be  Imew>  among  Qthers  tbe  Inoky  IJe- 


lïT  oT^ïr'T^      -?  «w  »«w  jw»  .     *  umiv  juBb  corne  iFoni 
ttte  Ht.  Kichotas-r'onnd  yon  were  ont^  and  Ieftmy<ii^ 
'  and  an  incitation  for  to-nic^t.    Bamjon  «een  Pbil  or 
Tompkins  ?0[  bèggod  tbem  to  bnnt^onSip.'* 

'*  1  bave  jnst  parted  from  Tompkins  ;  be  told  me  0f  yonr  , 
great,  g^  fdHnn^    My  dear  Xiefarge,  permit  me  toe<^* 
gratnlate  yon  I**     ' 

•*  And  you*U  make  one  of  ns  to-nigbt?  Wï  take  no 
déniai.  Oh,  nonaense  !  Fhil  teUs  me  sbe's  tbe  moat  sen- 
sible of  ber  Béz,  and  tbe  moat  indulgent;  ànd  i  know yon 
go  ont.  Haven't yon  beenattlie opéra,  Md at M<lr^md'8  f 
Don'i  tell  nie  I    S»y  .yon  tpill  come»**"  '' 

/'^eiy^Ut.eoin%.jf^^oM^e^.^Aaâ^^y^ 
marr»  a  tl^ureeTnillion  heiresal*"  ,, 

'«  Worth  her  weight  in  gold,  in  évery  recmeot.    Do  yott 

"nk  aoiibinaLvIeaa  wonid  tempt  mé  mto  ^maeistr^ 

ui  ..  ,  u.maijfc^"'!  ypa*TiO:one  in  for  lo? è  «néb#iity. 


«  tmxIB  BOBS  HIS  Dp^rt.  lHé 

i«i  @B^  ?®*  ^  seîlUîijj  QDoil  &enMl£-.aad  I  ^on't  aA  oyemnéh 
JVaHI  lo^  or  beaaty  eiiW.  Fm  oa  mr  wajr  to  the  Jàsffîna 
^^  "^"^  maarion  now,  George.  Corne  along  «nd  be  introdacett" 
80  Gewge  linked  his  arm  in  that  of  his  ireiy  handsome 
friend,  whô  hailed  a  pasiiDg  omnibns;  thaé  twk  them  to 
the  porlials  of  that  iiioçii  arutooratiç  birown-«tané  front  <m 
Fkftb  Avenue  irberèlh  Mlâ  J<%gin8  feÀidèd. 

Andthetwo  gentlemen  were  ihown  into  s  samptàoiUL 
Teoeption-room  ;  and  présently  Misa  Jôggins  came  down  in 
«Itheplenitn^èoî  herobanns,  irith  «Ika  tïMÎkg,  and 
jeweto'flwbing,  aûd  priceless  laces  iwrfnming^  air. 

Tlie  bappy  Araminta,  who  was  neithér  veigr  ybung  nor 
tery  handsome,  waèyôt  a«èod-natnred  îittirpenon,  who 
ohattered  with  mnch  toluDility,  and  eren  plaVfid  ind  san^ 
fnr  her  yisiton.  -!«.— s 


bomenrard  lt>  his  botel. 

"And  to  tdiînk  Lefargo  oanttiarry  that  yctibng  woman, 
%btee  fat  fingers  are  laden  with  igan^nibiea  and^meralds 
np  to  tbe  knuokles,  whose  waîat  ùr  likeLa  boUter,  and  who 
ffii^les  and  Hirim  flat  I  And  t6  thinl  a(  my  beaçtifol 
dafling,  with  h  >r  itarry  eyes  and  g^en  haïr,  and  reaal 
bearing  l  I  wo  ild  be  the  bappiést  fellow  in  wide  ÀmeriS 
if  this  mrstenoi  is  cloud  faad  not  oome  between  nE«  Ig  1  ' 
Waiting  for  me  aow,  I  wonder— lonely  and  loneinff  tt 
letum?"    '  *   • 

Thé  b«re  -idtk  lent  wiltes  to  hia  feet,  Fîw"  minntet 
lafcer  and  he  hw.  flung  àw^  his  cigar  and  gone  booncÛng 
bttoyantlynp  tx  his  ^oom.  .  ^e  flnngiride  the.doorand 
«trodein.    .  -  .  -  • 

"  Magdalen,  uy  dearest,»»  lie  b^an.  and  then  hepaaa^d 
^mptly,  for  ail  waa  dark  and  coVTand  silent.  **  Ût^géê- 
Jen  !  r  he  rei»eat<  d,  but  Ih^re  iras  do  aajiww, 
-^  -?J»®t**»I»i?»ti  »l»?n«JRMt_H  a  feeble  gUmmer  and  IdioveçL 
Bîffi  thé  apinmrafVàcant.  Hé  crosse  bVéjr  tb  the  innw 
Mom,  and  that,  too,  was  deeerted." 

**  Gone  ontf  **  George  eaid,  blankly,  "  and 
honr  !    Can  shé'  be  angry  with  mè  for  aHi 
long  ?    But  it  wat  her  own 
the  writer  of  tboaelel 


atthii 


-i.^ 


l«n«s  I  A»  I  di<h»'t  ga(itei«  to-day  she  ttiay  hive  càm 
•nd  ««rnod  Magaalen  off-^-irUly  n&ly'?  T^t'a  itf^ 
gathereafco6c^î"    ,  ■  ^^a^uj,  tu 

ft»th,Vhen  th«  door  snddeuly  opôHed-îad  hli  w£^  m  hé 
•iareet  difeM,  «tood  befos»  him^       V 
**Magdaïèul«  \ 

^25**'*^^^*"*"^  l*****^  f»^  M«d  •*  hii  wife.  gai 

Ifcmd  w^fc  had  ntà  brqoght  aay  ôolor  to  her  Uc%  :  ah» 

**  Tou  havo  beeù  oui,  œy  d«J,  andjJoné  P'* 
"I  hâte  be^Q  oirt,"  shW  answérod.     **  Yee.*' 
ShepaaBod  him  aud'totwed  the  bedroom'to  rémora  mt 

" Çg^^^^l  qgite  well  to-night,  Uagdalea  ?" 
"  Yoo  were  od t  alone  ?" 
cdf  W  m^  ï^o  raply— eha  waa  Ab«>rbeâ  by  the  MraSng 

JQ  shôcked  aHttt  it?  I  doa't  «ak  ^on  wliere  yen  aZ* 
Tottrduy.  Idou'tlt^theîeaataiixilymtheriiatterri 
J£*^J^«^  o»  ^J»«  •*«»*»  ofïTaw  Y«k  befowto-night, 

'1?"  J**^  *?J*J®  ,8®'**  *<»  ^««^  '  ^hf*t  le  Diable  »  to» 
SLrjS^ISi^     ^**   ^^  offendad,  ia  epite  ol  bia 
^tfrt  gantie  temper,  by^lwr  woidd  and  jtonaw    «Do 
fottpariicnlarlycareto»©?"  -«»  («»«h       .m« 

r)S§^I^^^    0»  «»•  oontMiy;  I  ptafer MBâitiiiig 

^'"T^^^i^ï'^ff^^trtfnlo  màet  a  îeir  oM~fri«tfd»*ii 
î  »«• ,  *  on  wfll  nofl^ject  ta  œy  going,  I  mtjmm  î  '^ 
^mMJiftrif^blalïmttaïuil^  '  ^^  ^> 


<t  : 


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la 

8h6  veniont  t^  tlia  parler*  took  up  a  book  «ad  begap  to 
fsêâ,  aod  6«oirge»  horfc  ançl  grieved  Uyond  word»,  âuentlr 
and  irapidlf  juida  Ifji,  toilet.  He  waa  ready  to  go  aad 
standing  on  the  ftiroshold  ot  the  outer  dooi*  ère  heëpokd 

"^^tt^i'9 8tti9 yoa  will not  be  lonely,  Magdalon? ** 

**«»«ttrt,    D4m't,di8£resa  yonnell  on  mj  aooonut*  '^ 
I  wUl  Mpd  imhl  I  gtow  aleepy,  and  then  go  to  bed.    Praj 
enjoyyonrself  andgood-nigfitt*'  À  . 

**  hW»  only  too  glad  to  be  rid  of  me/*  tl^iigbt  «his  ill- 
jaed  married  man.  "  ^y.enjoy  iny8ôlf,.ind«adr  l  I  am 
hkofy  to.  J  tiimk,  ail  tUaga  oongiderod,  and  I  shall  ba  « 
terf  agmabla  gn««t  at^io«it  Lefaree^s  aupper  !  " 

Hr.  liefaive'a  snpperroomalooked  a  vety  cheerf uLplaoe, 
.^  oold  Jannary  nighi.  Many  old  friends  g^êted 
aaorgé  and  congratnlated  Mm.  Hr.  Hollia  ^sed  ai  bim 
in  enTions  rMErat  tb«tBe  shouldbave  won  tbeonly  womaa 
thafe  effflf  fuîly  anavered  bis  idéal,  and  Philip  Baretone, 
«ho  was  aboBt  the  gayest  gentleman  présent,  ànd  who  had 
anriTed  veiy  late,  watched  biœfnirtiTéîy  aad  enrioaaiy.  for 
tbe  ^ver  of  the  lymposinm,  he  sat  at  the  head  of  his  table, 
«tt^^^j^pad  into  hia  mos^l»  with  a  tender  mehincholy 
npou  hub,  b<^tting  a  man  «bout  to  enter  on  that  ùnknowii 
and  myaterioiis  land  oalled  the  "  State  cl  Matrimony." 

Bohemia  oday  not  rank  bigb  amonf  the  Batiooat>i  the 
earth,  but  Ut.  XieCarge  had  always  fonnd  it  a  Very  plea»> 
«at  foniitry»  and  those  dashing  onthurs  ôl  the  pen,  brosh 
•nd  ^ft^ohisel  veiy  deUgbt£ul  Gomp^nions»  ind^d  !  And 
aft4r.t(Hiifi^hi  he  nast  be  m  exile  from  this  JSoirery  king- 
dom  to  visit  it  ao  more  forefor.  Ând  for  those  loud 
langhing,  reekleaa,  devear  brothew  of  his  ordar^  hemitst 
^dowa  throogh  the  vale  of  yeaxa  witK  Misa  Aramint» 

Z^bHéegnioHi^eleot  nhoold  be  a  hiwpy  in«q,  «ad  i» 
doabt  anoh  Mr.  Lèls»»  was  ;  bnt  i^teqntred  a  stnmg  reo^ 
olleottoB  et  ^e  Joffims'  hundred  thonsauddanantosna- 

W^^ai^artisfc  f rieni\  mada  a  Ibywery  little  apeech aneiM^ 
we-hapif^day  so^I^  at  huid~-«aTe  hji  host  joy  tfaatJlti' 
wat  «a  tt^  th«  hlisafiil  idtar  ^  Hyntn,  befiMa  who«i 
----(tjf'ihràMvjittceAlthly  ttoablea  d|op  away»  1^  9otl 


UAQêMm'By^'i, 


a^ 


,      Jjeli  him  alone,  you  lelfowB,"  aaid  thefr  h^ut     «t 
mg  ot  an  absent  irife  wiUtlSch  ^f d ffi  ci«S  '  *  ft^' 


Ml".  TQmpkinsneoded  no  second  invitation     TT<k^n«^ 

r.riiî-1.  *      ^**',  ligotB,  with  their  after-snnner  sonva 
;S„W^  *««o;  S5  lotr^W  «»d  aa  the  midnK  honm 

t    îA?'  T^àlî'ir  d^%«ï»eads  «tttebSî? 
fllV  rf^"^®.»     iûdeed,    became    altoeetfaer     oTAnMm« 
probablj  owing  to  the  cigaro,  which  were  àisSISÏÏSS: 


l«J?®"^"*  <î«KM«e's  band,*  s  trifle  nnstoadr  as  to  lik 
glM  him  the  companiojiï  of  fais  infancT—the  ftSnSî 


•n? 


A,: 


V 


nsf  WHIOH  BOOTOB  PHIUP  DOBS  M3  DUTÏ.  Uf 

«|»liitp<»]it>  Mr.  LefiU!g«  i«nk  aobbbg  npon  the  neareit 
■olà,  «id  told  tti^ni^ip  go^to  leafd  lui»  to  bis  Jiiuerat>l» 

".2*S^^  J«P»rt  1  *'  oried  Mi80  Joggins'  aîBBànced.  with' 
liwild  floorish  of  his  arma.    ** Loâv»  me,  1  conjure  vel 
,  "»8  bot  »  TOfsiag  weakaesf  1*11  Im  myself  to-raorrow  \^^ 

**  Faithi  I  Kope  so  1  ?  ssid  Dîck  TompïcinB,  **  for  you*r© 
«lljthiiig  else  now.    A  man  inor«  Bhamefnlly  diagnîsed  ia" 
ii^aorrneTer  safT*    I  wiaî»  Miss  Joggins  saw  yon  thû 


pille        »M»V>         «xo 

-now.    Gwd  nigbt;  fAA.  boy— I  think  youll  alee»  untiî 
momingl''  .  ^   .  \  ^ 

/'Sleepl  sleepl"  miirmared  Mr.  Lefarge,  rolling  liiii 
disheTeled  head  wUdly.  "  Madbeth  hath  nmrdered  sTeep  t 
Ckx»d-ni»  de  fler—gooni  !  ** 

Aiid  tfabdh'thé  eartbly  tmables  of  the  bridegroom-elect 
irer«  ènded,  andlie  was  as  aonnd  aâléep as  a cbnroh.  And 
nextday,  wben  he  presented  himsélf  before  his  Araminât, 
Tery,  Teiy  palë^  andwith  dark  faaloa  siirronnding  his 
pathetio  bbok  eyes,  I  don'ii  think  shé  wonld  hâve  beeh 

ÎnitOx^BO  tenderiy  solioitoas  abont  his  health  had  sbe 
ttQviithat  marble  pallor  was  altogether  owing  t6  thoae 
odiotis— oigiura.  >^ 

Philip  BapBtoncrliake^  his  arm  withinthat  of  his  consiii, 
M  thev  iMde  the  other  meo  good-night. 

^.  l^  f^\  *î^  *^  ***®  ï***"  ^''^  y^«'  6«orge,»  he  said. 
•««Theinight's  lovély.  andmy  head  won't  stand  toojnnoh 
of  this  sort  9i  thing."       ^ 

The  night*  or  rather  the  mominf^  for  the  longest  of 
th^smaU  honra  had  oome,  the  stars  were  slovly  paliàv. 
anda  soft  west  wînd  opoled^lheîrflttShedt  faoea.  Verr 
soleam  and  qoiot  the  great  tarbnlenrcity  lay,  waiting  tho 

mrth  of  thenew  day.  _ __ 

^'' Yoor  wifô  IroH^  M 

How  is  shé,  by  tbe  way  P  Yon  seemed  ont  of  spirite,  I 
lancied,  ail  evening,  I  trpst  she  hasn^t  had  another  attaok 
of— that  very  disagreefUâe  headaofae  ?  ** 

Tbe  panse  and  the  signifloanoe  of  his  tone  pointodr-a 
hidden  méfoûâg  %  his  words  very  plainly.    George  wi&oed 


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<*li^,'*  he  MÎÎd;  "^«  did  noi  eomplihi^  ikot  shè 
IMid  ^e  waa  qnite  welL"  _ 

**:Yoa  saw  her,  theo,  before  yoii  l^f t  ?  She  wag  ai 
houle  P*! 

George  BabtoiM)  looked  s^rplf  «t  |l»e  speiOcer  ;  bot 
tbe  ro6ftker*B  lac^  wes  qitite  tniïp««9l«e. 
V  **^rwM  nol  »w«r6  yoff  knew  she  bad  be^  Irom  home,*' 
he  wiâ  ;,*<«h«  waa-  ont,  oertRinl/.    Yoa  met  her,  I  aap- 
poèeP"  •  V 

"Nofc  exaotly;  batXaa^  her— leven  beàrd  her.  Uf 
dear  Oeoip,  who  waa  that  félldw  she  traa  with  7" 

Again  George  looked  «t  bis  çoDsin,  the  red  Ûood  rtisb- 
ing  Botly,  this  *iTOe.  to  hia  faeé.  —  , 

'^ft^  a»  rigbt,  of  ooane/'  Phfl  «^tinaed,  iiîot  heeding 
that  atartled  ga«e  ;  "bùV  woold  it  not  be  belterft»rh^ 
toreceiTe  bim  at  yonr  Moins  P  He  vaa^-I  kîpe  I  don't 
off«snd  yoç,  dear  ott1»y— rather  a  diérepitabfe-lookmg 
oompanion  for  tbe  Street^**  - 

«I  don't  ntidérs^d,  Mt.    She— «he  did  net  hieiition-- 
oèing  with  mf  ohe— in  fact,  I  underatood  her  to^a^  she  ' 
had  wÊn  aione.    ^be  mtstake  wanaine,  of  «onrse,  rlPiem 
did  yon  aee  tbem,  and  %rhen  f  '*  -  t ,  _  ;    ,# 

"Aboot  six.    It  waaqnite  dark-nrfttlighi,  H|d|^^ 
«iid  th§  blaœ,  Fonrteenih  Street,  ablook  or  tè^'^mm' 
the.jLC«oemy.    luiras  a|>eakfh|^  to  a  fHend  on  hiro^ 
step,  and  it  was  your  wifeTs  voice  I  rpcogniaed  finîl--^ 
bas  a  peeliliar  tofoe;,  Oeorge-^not  lond,  bnt  veâry  clear  àn< 
Bwoét.     And  the  worda  were  ao  remarkabie  tbat  even 
Fletcher  my  coôlpanion,  tnmed  to  look  after  her.** 

"  What  did  ahe  aay  ?  >» 

Tbat  hiiskittéiia  made  George'a  TOioe  anything  bat  olear 
and  «weet  now. 

"The  worda  I  heard  her  aay  were  theae  :  -*Xon  may 
toiBt  me.  On  the  rmà  we  are  fereading  there  ia  no  turn- 
ing  bâok.  I  will  ke^  my  tow— I .  wili /^«re-  my  revenee 
«fMMU^wanrice  Lan^ey  !  '*; 

«"Wir rde|M^^â»n»êr^'^ê"âR»  eî  ISigSêSieà'à hna- 

haiÉdwfrom  red,  had  grown  wy  white. 

<'' We  do  not  hMT  «ach  tragical  worda  fiom  ohanoe  paa* 
éwi-by  on  Û^p  gtreetà  eriîry,  ^jj^  Jkttior  Phi%  waal  m. 
•f  rirtÈiiigatt^î  tM  TQÎçe,  «pCaa  |  fnmed  piwt^i  m 


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Bsratone  ?  *    I  gîte  yt>n  my  honor,  Oébfge,  l  note?  «f» 
more  snrpriMia  in  my  Ule."  .  ^     ^        , 

*f^A:  t»mmùnt\ù6king  i0U0y  *»  erer  ,1  8»w— qc 
xetmtalde,  in  féot-4a  »  dûUcUed  bat  and  very  8h»i»AùM.i 
iMKOdnorWbnîaoe^llÉ&i^Itried.    1  gèi  . 

net  mah  to  aee  my  OQlMi  ^Pw^'><^  <^^  ^"^^  ^^^^^  ^ 
ïSa»S^«^pa4S^»  >»o  dj^ 

it  ia),  there^^oéfibÂnf  hapP^  ;;8he^need  ^er  know 
i«  any  one  însnlted  W-W^*»  on  ba^d  to^protoct  her. 
Tbeî  parted  on  thé  cpwier  of  Broadway,  »nd  *gam,  wrtA 
Oie  bwt  of  intentions,  I  *•»  ea^eadropper— I  h<^d  bM 
parting  words.*'       -    ;    ,  - 

«*  WW  trere  they  ?"   /  C  ^      ,,„^   ,  ,        i.    w   u 

&   ««  Very  strange  ones,  td<h    Hé  iold  ber  to  go  to  waali- 

înffton  for  aweek— to  mai*  bewoW^a*  »g«5a*>l«  «,P°»- 

ilS©,  and  ta«en^  him  aonfemoney—tbirty  or  fortv  dollar^ 

«Yott  ean^myoïi^  ^ay  baçk  àlone,  I  B^voaéf    he  aaid 


folier.    *aï«te;^îo#iietdHBeenpithy<»,'" 

"  Wellî**  ^ 

1?he  wàrà cameboarBéljft ;  thak  tighteiùng^ in hîa  tbroat 

neairly  atrtmgîecl  Mm,  _^       ,  ^àw-«  f^ 

*' George,  »be  aaid  ye».-   ^11  aeûd  yoi|  the  mohey  to- 

tooitow,*  wà8  b«  expresaion;    '1  bave  i^tt*|bau  that  of 

my  own,    I  jiéw  lingered  ^i^^'^mm^^^ 

biikb3oreOeçrgè*aretttnL*    My dear old^ÇJWjI heard 

hw  diatintJfcly*  «ttd  I  give  you  iny  bonor  tbéy  hâté  teonblad 

mee(T«r:itece.**.'^-^^,>     .  ...  >.  . 

"Tbey  parted  tben?"         ,    , '"^--;i     ^  j  u 

**  TheT  Wted-.-«be  bnrried  Jilong  Broad w,  ^and  be 

tàmed  down  Fourteenth  atreôMgain.    I  kept  hirn  in  wght 

and  followed  him  to  a  low  Street,  dose  by  the  Eart.  Hiver. 

That  ià  why  I  arrivée  éb  late  at  Lefwgea.     Mr  dear 

ma  ttiat  it  is  ail  rigSt  ^^     ^  ,^^^  -  ^_.^   vr. 

^     "I  onderstand  notbing  of  ît,*»  Qeosrgs^antwered,  ba 


■1&SS 


Toiee  hftnk  witb  inward  pain  ;  '«abe  hù  toîd  me  inothnig. 
But  it  ia  eaaily  enongh  Bii4«rtûôdr^W  »'«i«.*»*»»^« 


BtÊ*wi:riSi5*'7A-  ; A"^ïy^ '■££?H^iiif_  la^aÈLiÉ 


i(*'*ïl^wi"'  'i'^^ï'"' 


i£6i 


MA€^DALBîî*S  VOW. 


«ABd^thk  feÛof  i||(^»^^i^^       tam  the  leaned— who 

George  groaned.  ^  *  ^ 

*l^V.tHf****®^  Iwishlknewl  Bnt  I  wU!  know 
-—ôhe  «haU  telTmeî ,  He  bas  been  writiag  her  lettôrs,  too, 
Ican  «ndersta^  nôw  why  she  seèmed  so  anxioaatabe 
laone  to-dày.  |3ÏJ^  God  l  bow  deoeitful  thés^jWomen  are  I 
And  I  could  liave  staked  my  sonl  on  hor  intégrity  î  Sbe 
Beempd  tlie  triaest,  the  purest,  as  I  thonght  her  the  faireat, 
of  ail  her  kind  I  And  nqwl  But  l'il  find  onlr-»he  shall 
tell  me  j  *It  may  be  ail  rigbt— it  mmii  be  aiÏMghi  I  Stay  I 
Ihaveitî    Oh,  by  Georgel'vea,  Bbehad  abrotherl*' 

**  A  brother— a  oonyiot—afi,  jres,  I  reooUeot.  And  he  iîi 
fréô  f j^om  Sing  Sing  ?**^        " 

f.*l  dori't  know  ;  Wît  muât  beheî,  She  is  insane  on 
the  subieot  of  Mannoe  I»angley.  "Bat  tbJB  man  yen  saw 
her  with  is  her  brother.  O^monrow:  I  will  ask^her.  Sh» 
is  incapable  of  a  falsehoq^-— she  will  tell  me  ail.*' 

"Let  08  hbpeso.  Hère  is  your  hôtel.  I  trust  ï  bave 
not  done  wrong,  George,  in  telling  you  this;  I  meani 
well,  at  leaat."  - 

"No,  you  bave  not  dohe  wroog.    I  thank  you.^^    But 
Gei^ge's  voioe  sounded  vory  cold  ;  jhe  did  not  offer  to  shako 
^and^    Othello  vas  not  «over  and  abbve  grateful  to  lago 
for  the  good  turn  he  did  him.     *«  Good  nfght,  Phil." 

The  coflsinsparted.  Philip  walkod  rapidly  away  in  the 
direction  of  Dootor  Masterson's,  and  Oeorge  was  alone 
nnder  the  bleak  màming  aky.        ^  J^' 

The  dark  shadows  that  piaMoede  the  ooming  àta  lay. 
Mack  and  oold,  otrerthe  eàrtli  ;  but  darker  thttn  thèse,  tfi 
fhadow^of  a  great  trouble  By  on  Geofge  Bantone's  wiL 


iùt 


OHAPTER  XIX. 


^the  fèw  hours  that  wer»  left  him  ère  the  great  bojSTwBa 
astir^  He  sat  in  thf^optér  apartment,  and  smoM,  with 
ft  nM«t  UMironted  energy^beside  the  open  window! 

What  #fere  thé  bleiik  mm  of  dawn  to  him  ?    He  h$à 
•omethlng  «ase  to  tiiiak  lE.    Tb»9i^  mor^  ^ev  m^ 


^■^' 


***■= 


FAimY'S  GOOD  FOBI^UNB. 


m 


h^ 


ared  in  th«  eut  ;  the  fint  gold  and  peaily  glimmer  of  the   ' 
rising  snngilded  tl^e  spires  and  cupolas  of  the~l!mnire 
Gtty,    The  crash  of  wlieels  over  tfie  ston^  streets  nad 
commenoed.    It  was  seyen  o'olock/  and  tSi  th«|worlâ  of 
Kew  York  was  ap  tui^  doinff  once  more.  ^ 

Magdalen  slept.     The  mght  lamp  bnmed  dim.irhen 
Oeorgè  had  gone  in  M>  look  at  her  onœ.    Hov  ]m1(  sho    > 
i-i'jWaa  !— hovr  pale  I — how pale  I    Ajûd shé  had  grown  thin  as 
1^  f  "Iv^^sliadow  in  thèse  few  days.  He  Had  neyef  notuiéd  it  hefore. 
AU  her  lovely  light  liair  floated  over  the  pillow  and  hidf 
veiled  the  svreet,  slumbering  face.    The  sadnestt  of  hur  -' 
waking  hoars  had  not  followed  herJLato  dre«âland;  a 
&int  smile  fliokered  aronnd  the  yonthf al  lips.    Wds  that 
the  face  ot  a  gnilty  woman  ? 
George  stooped  and  kissed  her  softly. 
"  My  oarling  î  "  he  said,  with  nnntterahle  love,  "  when  •« 
V  you  are  fabe  there  will  he  no  tr^th  left  onearthl    Yoa 
.     will  teil  me  ail  when^yoa  awake." 

•  '  So  this  trtiBting,  new-made  hnsband  went  baok  to  hia 
olganH^man's  t^t  oomfôrter — and  waited,  wïbh  what 
patience  ha  might,  for  Ins  wife  to  arise  and  appear,  and  . 
watched,  with  considérable  interest,  the  sky  change  from 
gray  to  orirnson^  from  orimsou  to  blazing;gold,  and  àll  the 
nntold  fflory  of  siinrise  burst  forth  npon  the  world.' 

Mr:  Barstone  rc^arded  the  phenonienon  in  mnchanii- 
prise  and  adm^tion»it  was  Somèthwg  h^  did  notaee 
eyery  day,  yojgi  nnderstaiid.  *'* 

"  Egad  I  "  he  thonght,  ''  it's  bett»r  than  the  transfor^ 
•s^mat'on  scène  in  the  'Black  Crook  î  *  T^ie  only  «trawbâck  ^ 
is,  wa  hayen't  to  pay  for  looking  at  it-^if  we  had,  wImI 
hçtstsf  wonld  be  early  risers  !  I  aon*t  think  I  ever  fiatr  the 
ann  risô  before  sincé  I%il  and  I  nsed  to  go  Mrd's  nest^g . 
in  KiUford  voods,  or  took  matntiual  oâd  Iwtiis  inU» 
"  Coûnecticnt*    Heighbl'* 

ae  didn't  say  «  faeigho'^>»I  doi^t  think  pe<^Ie  ofteii  do 

ih  eyaryda^  lifé — bat  he  sighed  a  s^h  so  deep  tfai^  it  k 

"-a^ir|M!^sl^^|f^^^».-4^^tt■  Jwt-^awaEstt-         Jjarst^tte'^'aa-the  nw»-^- 

;*ooni..  /  :..      ■  ^  ^-.^:  ■'^'.'-  '    .     '  '  '" 

His  thotigdbta,  went  drifting  baok  to  those  BidoTon  boy- 

ish  dayi,  wnen  a  gfim  old  preoeptor  down  in  Millford 

#i^wd  to   tronnce  him  sonndly   for  }4ayiug  trnant,  lUiA 

eorawtrng  surrjsptî^^  notes  |o  the  p^tty  little  cirls  ;  Jor 

^en  àt  that  imÊà  a|i  this  yottngniaa  had  a  ireiuàiest  lor 


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tronblfiB  were  «Ewa^ged^  by  ién  c«iitB  to  iiiTésfe  xjot  sinfàit 
aad  the  Foartb  of  Jitljr  «^  luiSimtod  fire  onelsen  tito 
snmixiit  of  «ariàily  jojri         " 

Bfu-k  daw  liib^à»œ(»  j^^  tQi6n^'<'<-4ii>yB^^^I«a  ft&.  [Bat* 
atone  ha|i  beèn  Bqt  oioljr  M  drank;w  a  lord,  bn4;  a»  intod- 
o^;ed  M  a  pâripiç^^if  pofl8ible---wbèQ  ho  hàd  ^j^j^iij^^métj^^ 
aa^  ahook  dioe,  âaa  knocked  abcmt  JbilâiM^  aàd.  bx 
short,  hàd  been  a  very  black  shéep»  iiiâtfèd;  Théii»  had 
been  çme  misdeed'-reTea  darker  atUl'— so  daf k  that  it  mads 
hia  face  tingle»  sitting  berealo&^^yeir  to  ^k  fapiâfe^n^poiu 
He  had  leforanéd  aod  r^ntedy  «nd  jBvealttfùiifd  fcHt^hat 
erii  time  ;  bqt  ite  naemorjr  alwàta  broaghl  a  ^ad  Q?er 
hài  lair,  f rank  fabei  i|hd  nuist  to  bû  dving  day. 

Hi|>  tempter  and  îtoeBknr  hiad  èhiefly  be«i  his  oonain  ; 
bnt  néy^r,  weo.  in  his  thèaghta;  did  honçst  Oeorge  Uùne 
hhn.  ^*-  ...  r.;: .■;.'.>'     '. 

"  Perhfps  it  wonld  be  bétter  to  tdl  MaÉdaten  ôf  tlmfe 

aoxape  of  mine/'  he  thooght»  moodily  ;  "bat,  h|Wg  it,  it 

doeMi't  ooiiè^n  her  at  ail,  and  I  hâte  even  to  ihtiatk.of  IL 

.IJba^  wiuit  htft  to  deepise  me,  and«  by  Jovel   ïdeÉpiae 

l^dTwhwWTef  I  recafi  it."  't 

George'a  wat(!h j^ntedto  hall-piist  nine  bâfoMjtfag^ 
len  made  her  appenca^oe^lookini^T^pretly  içt  herlR#i 
moming  draw.  Sba  glanoed  in  anrpriae  at  tba  qsiei 
flgat»  teated  Ht  the  «indow. 

"Yoa,  Geoirg^I"  she  said,  *•»»%."  Wben  did  yoa 
wtnrn?"  , 

George  aroae  and  kiaaed  her,  «Qd  led  hor  to  a  aMii  QpOQ 
the  aofa.^  He  wpiimQaiift^  grave-and  gentl^  thia  monn- 
ing—nntaittally  niâie^  t(N>,  Sa  trile  aaw . 

*'At  foar  o'olook^niy  dear.    Ton  «eÉ»  ik^plàg 
peaMlnUy  aàdl  woold  not  dîstorb  Ton." 

<<  And  yoor  partT  ?    I  trust  yon  loiiii4  tt  pléaaaivt  t** 

^%  remembered  WiUlafÉ  iainaotifiii  ta^'niidEe heiaelf 
iipii>(Hlfii**  but  that  iras  laot  wny  ahe  tp^  to  hisain  th« 
â^i^  Jt^firbin^^'i^^ 

..g^tle-heartadtgentleman  #as  a^oid-blooded  sedooer  and 
Tilbin— ao  impossible  to  réalise  it  at  any  ttin%  She  felt 
•trftbgaiy  wi«ry  «nd  we^c»  worn  ont  ahpaady  wiUr  the 
dbeary  pari  Aa  had  to  pli^.  And  she  Iov«d  him  »  tboa- 
sand  timss  «lore  daa^,  ittis—d  to  h«r  now-éiml^^èwm 
loitto£erlo««^i«r. 


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flewest,  alone,  and  pârhapi  lonelj,  here#  -^  ^ 

HedreJJer  head^^own  on  hûnihonlder,  and  strokad 

«low  ^  wened  ttp  în^ier  oloaed  ejes.    MewmSù^. 

Eyaiblydearto  hîirîaiid  he  %eâ  herfe  tSSSyuï 

mm  A  her  ama  ite  IVgterioal  uobs  chokiùgier  tSS 
tome.  an4  I-kA,  my  Gc^  f  whatTl^t,  i:<S^a?î 

George  let  her  cry  hir.tïànble  ont  withont  a  ^ord  ùt  in» 
qniry  or  explanatfoii      af^  the  sunny  hi^Sf 

SSS11'Jïi*^T^A*^^  iriirBQbbing  and  kiSng^ 
.!1¥*?^*^®^»  "y  ^<>^«'  ^^1>ÏJ*    What  ia  thÎB  tronbte 


Iprel** 

a^  M^"Ki^^''*'i  Bwely:^  ^«<^  liangley  to  asic  î 

indignation  at  thM  barefacedandàcUy. 
"  pou't  aak  me,  George,"- she  laid,  Witb  ÎQ<»cpraRdbIo 

foolwb^r  -^ind  ïî^e  haâ  i^reat  deal  of  teoïblî  inlir 


talk  about  It.    Let  me  be  at  tmt^Wl  Sur  Y"       *    ^^ 
bwfaoelÔwOT  on  bu  Aonlder.   tÈÉt  ahoald  butefaeen 

mnst  ^mt  it  «onvfr.  M^  forgot  be;  jc^go^^tt^^Attiinr 
Iter  torroir  ior  tbe  bOilM  iriSfo    '     ffl^-^^cjMnEFai 


'rfr- 


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j0^  î^    /         •  MAGDALtBr^y 

« Dearest  Magàil^  Ivdeftreife  lOTe  I  doareit  wife  1  J<m 
know  I  wonld  not  aat  obo  Word  ta  p»in  <»r^<»We jo".  I 
wottld  give  my  rery  life  îorf ou,  i£  neceswry.^  Battblsii 
Tmething  I  6anno|  so  eaaîly  drop,  for  more  than  life  «  al 
Btake  bere— hdnor  !  **      ^  .    .         ,    ,  ,  ._ 

She  lif tea  her  \^  awijtly  *#  looked  at  h\m-    ,  -^ 
«•  What  do  yoa  inean  f  "  ehe  asked,  in  an  4te«d  ▼<»g'    - 
«This:  Who  waa  that  mai  with  whom  yoù  werô  walfe- 
lôff  along  ÏVinrteenth  street  las);  nighr?     -  ^ 
^f  he  oâor  rnshed  in  ared_tide  to  her  faci^    Shehad 

^î^Don't  letLaDgley  knowl  ém  ut  larçef  he  la  so  deep, 
and  snbtS^lfed^afae^yed  a  jillkin  ^VtlielWould^sïjj 
thwiugh  my  bands  Uke  m  eel  if  bo  found  Jt  ont..  If > 
erS  Mks  you  ol  me,  le*  14m  stffl  think  ï  am  m  Slng 

^'sle'drew  îiertelf  entirely  away  at  iB*?  nnlooked-for 
onestion.  tbat"  gniWiy  flûsl»  hot  npon  her  face.  .     . 

.^  ^wWwas  Wiiaèd«^ea  F"  George  repeated,  '' >bw 
min  wbb  writes  ybn  Tetters  I  .may  not  see-wbota  you 
meet  by  nigbtfall  in  tbe  streets  !^  Who  is  he  F 
«A— afriend--aper8onIn8e^to,knôw.  , 

"  À  friend  1    Bot  wby  oanliiot  yonr  husband  àee  tbe 
lefctera  your  masculine  frîend  writes  yoi»,  »îîf, ^T  "^*  JJ" 
^,.   Miw  bim  hère  ?^^  Any  friend  of  your»  wiU  b^  hewrtily 

^^înT^he^te  poor-^ery  pooi^-nnable  to  drese  as  he 
wonld  like,  and^ashamed  to  présent  himself  b^ore  yon. 
^^  Hagdien/Peorge  said»  chilled  anl  pamed,  «  are  yoa 
tellingtae  the  trath  F-are  yon  not  eqûiTocatmg  F    Tett 
me  tms  manVname."       _^ 
«  Hift  nume  is  Johnstone."  ,  ,       ,      .         -y  „ 

It  waa  tbe  alias  WilHe  had  assnmed  sinoe  leamg  pntfon, 
tbe  better  to  keep  «p  bis  disgnise  ;  batDh.  how  Magdalen 
it^b^U  as  «V  spoke  it T  How  mean  how  base,  how 
Trtfni4TftfiHm<'^^^»  '*^l^^^h»  déception  aoemed  1     — ^^ ,   ,,_^ 

«*IsbearelatlTeF''heMked.  ^j    _ 

«*YeB.*'  M«edal«n  answered,  with  angry  impatm»* 

rislng  S-om  h^Beat  :  **  bei»  a  relatif  I    Ito  you  jçjlo^ 

Q^rge  BaratoneF    Voo  do  w^l^jou,  of  a^lmy  .1^^ 

S  dSuand  tiint  yout  wifé  ihtfi  be,  hk*  Oiesar'i,  «bwe 


4: 


fê 


sBf 


FAimY'S  GOOD^OBTTOm 

S^ekaghed  bittorlr— she-waa  bysterloal  stâUyli^  lud^ 
irilt|[  with  ptûn  and  gnèf ,  and  shame. 

**  Ând  why  not  I,  Magdaloa  ?  I  am  Bût  j«alQlM  àsyéi, 
thongh  I  am  uot  awar&ot  hating  forf «ited  ihe  right  to  be 
80»  1  a^  only  grieved  that  taj  wife  ehoald  bave  secrets 
from  me^r-yexea.  that  she  should  gire  othera  an  oppor- 
tunity/Of 'speaki&g  d!  b«r,  by  meeting  disrepntajbleyiiia»  in 
the  public  streetsaf ter  nigbtfall.^  V 

**vfhà  8av  me  P"  Magdalen  demaftded.  ''  It  was  8<»ie 
one  at  the  party..  Yon  didn't  know  when  you  wënt  ont* 
Your  nbiquitons  joousini  Pbil,  perhape  ?  I  baye  gone 
Bowbere,  àa'yeii,  tbat  1  bave  not  seen  biro.  Ah  !  I  see  I 
am  right.  How  miignanimdaB  of  him  to  play^be  pari  (HL 
dnenna,  and  hasten  tô  inform  you  I  I  disUked  him  £m^| 
tiie  first— think  of  hoir  I  mnat  loVe  bim  now  1*^  ' 

She  apokô  rapidly  and  recklessly.  Her  blqpd  waa  tip 
and  she  was  eqnal  to  anytbing.l 

.  «'This  man,  withirhom  Bootor  Philip  Barstone  saw  nnc^ 
is,  as  I  said,  a  relatiTe--ra  poor.one — a  aisrepntable  one,  if 
you  like;  b^at  blood  isthicker  than  vater,  and  When  be 
asked  me  to  see  faim,  I  weut,  and  when  be  asked  me  for 
help.  Igafe  it.  He  wiU  not  corne  here^J  Disrepotabie 
peeme  are  sensitive,  sometimea,  and  thèse  oatoasts  câ 
Society  hâve  an  instinctive  répulsion  to  meeting  emiuentAy 
Tirtnôns  and  respectable  people  like  yoursefi  and  TOftr 
cotttiicr-I  corne  of  a  yery  jSad  and  ntterly  woirtnlesf 
Wily^  Mr.  Barstone,  as  T  tbink  I  to^d  yau  bel^|fe_  ▲ 
deceiyed  sister,  who,  I  dsire  say,  deseryed  tbefstftJiniet» 
for  tmsting  a  sconi^tidl  alid  n^nning  away  froiroçma 
vitb  him— a  iwAivicr  brothe^— *  gamol^r,  a  ferger»  iot 
whonii  Sing  Sing  is  too  gbo^  alid,  last,  bnt  Jiot  leaêt,  tbia 
Bba}>lfy  felfow,  who.dares  nm  corne  bere  wnffaoe  thegén> 
ileman  who  bas  tnarried  hiaHUMiive,  or  aHy  otber  bonest 
ttid  npright  man — wbaîb  can  yéti  ezpect  otfl^^miQg  of 
soch  a  race  ?  I  am  afraid  yon  did  a  very  Qp||p  thiàff  in 
marrying  Magdalen  Wayne,  the  goyerpeiC^  Wt,  Bam 
atone î^  ___£-._  •".  c    ;:    __  __'^-  _.  ■;"■■  ■    ^ 

:Shr#aa  pSSfiîg  up  anri^m,"^rifi«  ifif  otlTôigi^ 
qneen,  bear  ^es  flashing,  her  oheeka  aflaine,  ber  toum 
nngàig  witb  eïcitement; 

Geoaé  sàt  sbôcked  beyond  vofâs. 

'*  Magdalen  I  Magdaleii  t  **  be  said,  **  for  pity's  i»ke  ait 


'"ueLiiiiffi; 


"t^ 


lee 


ii^idAltirs  vow,  ^ 


I  will  wâifc—I  wili  loyrfoa  «iid  tari 
.i^ing  ;  ,and,  some  d»T,  I  knotr,  yon 
"'        *  .«Qd  tell  ne  aJl/'  '    -,7, 

lèn  flang  ap  both^rms^  and  tcMeed  H^  haii^.  bàok 


^ake  me  AwaT.I  "î^b  ofied  ;  vtakeuke  «w 
à|irf^}lfi  c2IM#ke  lûk  away  fN>iii  £kia. 

fOrd-^y  ;lfWhg»âr'-«uaTj^      !    Take  ma  away  fi^ 
lOMelf 2  flOiir(niT[lfnttiÉ  îPfoH  pan  I  " 

ae  iSNilr  hâz^mNÉpPli,  and  soothed  W  ^i»  àdffkt 
achîl**  'sP^'"  "*  ■■  '        • 

%."^%  4#  #»*^''#*iV«d»  **'<ihii  Téry  dajf.  Wé 
flU  ^sH  Waèhiogb»,  |f  nl«  had  inten^éd,  and^tom 
jfrom  th«ace  hotne.  Galm  yonrself,  jti.j  detteâir^Yott 
ha?e  Wi^nght;  vfmrsçlf  to  an  insane  pitch'of  nervoiJb  ex- 
oitemeiK. ,.  Oal»  vd^Mé|l»  my  deigrest  girl^  and  ooiii»%wii 
witt  me  «ibreakûMt.'''  T^ 

And  80  George's  exp]|»atton  was  at  an  «nd>  and  he  wai 
itot  mucb  wiaer  07  b^ter  MjiMBfl^  Uian  befoie.  <^ 

Of  hiB  w3e*8  in^ffrity  Ite;l)ad  qotthe  ahadow  of  a  donU. 

^e  vaa  not  one  oi  thoee  ùfMwppy  meu»  inolined  to  bis  jeal- 

oiife.    Be  beiieTed  irhat  he  had  heard-^thàt  t&ia  myateri- 

e^a  JobttBtotie  was  ^  needy  jrèilatrRe-»-bat  tfaafc  did  not  'by 

aby  meaiùi  satisff' him. 

.  It  was  no  MimtfUe  ^thin^  US  bave  iii»  vife  reoeiTinf 
lettmrs,  e?en  fieom  rdatiTet>  'fhat  be  mnst  n0M»e  éjpSi 
lAealing  ont  îvt  intenriewa  tba^  he  most  fiot  overSear.  "' 
,  Hià  Open^  good-temoçred  fitoe  vas^till  wdly  overe^t  ae 
he  «trolMd  ont,  sf ter  oïeaktas^  to  pay  a  parthig  f  i^.  to 
h»  oousin. 

£    ''I  can't  leava  Kew  Toric  withont  tdlîng  Phil  it's^ 
f«ight,"  be  thotigbt.    '<  It  wbn^  do  to  learea  wxonjLiiik^ 
preaùon  on  hta  mind  in  regard  to  my  poor,  ntartot 
And  I  won't  stop  in  tbiaoonfdni^ed  oil^  tapon  myd 
.vJVôJBothada:âây'fi.p6Éd«-Bi&fiej«ate{éiiài"        " 
.    !£be  etoidai  boyj|ki>nttDne,,.'iuuu6d  San^ 
lie,  BarBtone,  «ndHMced  bie  head  in  tbe^ 
Doçtor,  Mastereon^miillMt^room,  in  reply 
man'e  inquif y  for  his  eoaiin* 

'*  Jnai  ba4  breakfwt^xatiâing  the  paper  jM 

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the ofiSça;  bat  Lor^r^u^^^'^  <>ve.    Oomiog!  Clt-I  daià 
jon,  oimtt  yoD  wait  ?''  thi«  (o  tl^  offiœ  betU  wbidi  kflfè  < 
Qp  »  pctrpétfial  jing^a.^ 

'  Oeorge  tapped  at  thé  byown  panels,  and  »  fûmaisr  toioe 
j^espoom:  ^  '     "  '      . 

'  *^It  thatVfjoa,  Samuel,  TU  break  yonr  bead  if  yon  oome 
i^  1    I  ahaa't  see  anybody^-ltell  yoa,  for  twenty  mbiatds 

yet"  '  /  .  *  ^-       . 

«^-'^it  H  doesn't  bappm  to  m  Samnel»  111  véntnve  in»" 
«aid  George,  enterlD^.  .*l^erbapd  yonll  do  n|^  the  booor 
of  seeing  md  î  Boctorinj^  must  be  pieasant  bnaliiese»  and 
oondaoÎTe  to  easy  digestion,  I  shouid  think,  if  Iblps  ia  the 
vtskj  yon  apend  yoar  morninga.  vHofr  many  haûa  tmi-ot 
iwenty-fonr  do  yOtt^  work,  Pfiil  ?  ** 

Dostor  Philip  was  aeated  before  th)9  windov,  lyin^  t>adk 
in  an  eaay^hair,  hia  le^  elevated  npon  tfai^  aîll,  a  Q}gu  in 
bia^mooth,  the  Herald  in  hia  htaxâ^  HeSow#ted  that 
«heèt^  and  lôoked  reaigâedjiy  at  thetintmder. 

**  Ab,  ^eorge  !  how  do  yOn  doj*    I  waan't  mnite  it  was 

Îonr  habit  to  caU,  Qp(^  peo^  iime  middle  of  th«  night. 
won't  aay  glad  to  see  yon.  béeaaae  Vm  not,  at  thia  bonr. 
Ferhi^p»  yôtrd  better  find  à  aeat.  I  haveà't  half  fini«hed 
t)ie  matrimonial  àdvertiaempnU^  bat  pray  don^t  harry  yoar- 
aelf  on  that  acconnt/' 

"I  wont,»  aaid  Ôeowe,  taking  a  chair.  "Phil,  I 
iroaldn't  l^  90  infernally  la^  as  yoa  ara  i6)t  ail  the  gçld 
in  O^ir/»  *: 

*<WoQldn't  yoa^.dear  boy.  AU  a  œatteir  of  taate. 
'  HarrV  ia  the  derira,'  aayfi  an  Airabian  proverb.  I  am 
neyer  m  a  korry,  t  am  bappy  to  aay.  And  now.  aa  yon 
arebere,  nnldlayoqx  emmo.  îa  it  professional  r  If  90, 
yoo  aboald  hâve  gone  round  to  the  of&ce  with  the  reot  ol 
^Bm.  Did  thè  lob^^  ayad  a&d  claret  cap  diaagrëe  irith 
*  yoa  lf|8tiugh|t>  ata^^w%oa  waat  me  to  ^reeoribi»  f or  yoi|  ? 
Patoâtyonrton|aa."   .. -. 

"  God  forbid  î'^  retnmed  Geor»e»:in  anfcsgned  hc^ier.  •■ 
-  ''HThfûi  i-vaôtjtti;  one  to  pEoiQnbe  f<B£  me.  dga*t_  flafctg  ^ 
yOOMieâ  Fli  âoibfe  yon,  Doctor  Baratbfie.    DlaMte*  wiir^ 
mei    Kethpg  ettr  diaf^eied  wltK  nie  in  my  Ufe  m  âi^  ^ 
way^f  ti^MiM  aiff  drinking.  .  Vo,  I  Cfi^e  1^  aay  gpod4^ 
^«yé  oilhwAltemoon,  and  nnflonàmbnly  gladTam  1 
"  *     HH  dui^kf  ycor  dirty,  nai^  ttitajr  eity^^  mji  ^ 


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"  I  dara  say  Név  York  woû't  miss  jon  miioh.  and  whara 
are  y<m  ^oiM,  may  I  ask  ?  Ta  the  4pital  cS  tiff SS 
nation,  to  flnuh  yonr  month  of  pcwt-nupfciaj  bénislSt? 
Sfinîr  ^?"-'«yi^i!W  yo«r  Angers  at  Mrs.  Gi^undylml 

g^^l  the  sweet  sifete  wUoh^cmr   inlïï^  kiie1r> 

"IJ^goingtoWiishingtdn,»*  sait àfe6rge,îiftô  remain 
a  week-from^thence  Btraîghfc  home.  SofS  yo^  wiSto 
savadieu  to  Mrs.  Barstone,  yoa  had  better  call  jirithin  the 
next  honr  and  a  hnlf.^' 

*1I  shall  call  ûMMjt  certainly.  And  how  is-Hw.  Bar-' 
atone  this  moï-hîng?"  V         -  ^s*^  *^-^v      ^ 

"  Very  well—that  is,  prttty  WeU-a  littlë  nljrvoas  lind 
hysterioal,  I  think,  t  I~that  is-^sho  told  me  abont  that 
htfcle  affair  of  last  eyening,  Phil.?'  "^^ 

«  r  ^J^'-fr^  1i^ ' "i^^"l  wid,  with  a  énrions^idé  glanée. 
«And  its  ail  ngiit,  I  sappose.  TH©  fellow  was  her 
orotner  ?"  1  ^  ^       '  s 

**  No^ot  her  bjvther— but  a  relative^  ootisin,  or  some-  ^ 
tning  of  that  sort.'' 

"  -Not  her  brothôr  I  »  Doctor  Bar^Kine  i*p©«t»d,  sloW. 
"A  oouain,  or  sodethingj&f  thatsorfc.  Jt  sttikes  me  you 
aU  informed  me  Mrt.  Baisto^e  had  ào  rela^tives."  o^ 

rrJ-  T  i;'  P®'^***J**  ^''®.  ihoaght  sç.  She  tias,  it  seenC 
J?his  Johnstone  Has  but  lately  corne  to  New  York,  and  is 
rerj  poor  and  wpu't  Tisit  her  at  the  hôtel.  He  aeked  her 
to  lénd  hiui  some  i^uey  for  thegres^t,  and  she  bas  done 


so: 


George  màd©  tliis  ©fplaniitionwith  a. certain  angry 
iiimatienoe,m  h^.faoe.  It  sounded  lame  andXnnsÉti». 
factory,  and  thefe  vras  nfai'nt,  fiiokering  smile  awrti^Ms 
oousin  s  mnatached  lipg  that  exasperated  him. 

"  f  °Vi?  ^'^^'^  Johnaton»— and  he  won't  conie  W  thè' 
notel.     Dear  I  vdear  I  how  urifortnnate  your  pretty  #i|é  ià 
m  her  rektites.    I  hone  you  did  not  te|l  her  I  waa  youiè 
£ÎÏ!^"&?^?I^  -"*'  of  oourfleyon  did.    Sp>ya^ 
i)n>m  each  other.^  ■  -- i^    '^ 

"Koneof  your  snèers,  Phîî.  I  did  not  tell  hk  She 
«Oced  me  point  blank  if  it  wasn't  you,  and  I  snppoîe  mj 
iaoft  told  her  the  trath.  She  doesn't  likeyon,  PbiC-¥ean 
Wlj^onthat."  *«^ 


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»aBm,doten't  lilde  rtie.    Why,  I  wbnder  ?»»^ "'^^    *^ 

*  \don  t  ïaxowr  Baid  George,  doggedly,  with  his  hanâft 

m  hjs  panW  pocifeta  ;  *'  no  inore  "ioeB  s^e,  butX 


consui 

deep 
doirt. 

w  £nV**"Ky?îJ^^**»'  Fell,  the.^a«mi  why  I  aat- 
iiot  tell/VmnrmiiH  theyoung  phygician.    '^poéTni  not 

ST^C f*  ""ï  ""^'^^  wretched-ldclc.  Aï»,.^rge,  we 
can  kall  be  bom  èoii<îuerora  of  tbe  prettv  one^,  likô  yWi 

tu^^  MUlford,!  remëmber  little  giris  in  pantateltes 
nsed  to  wasli  your  dirty  face  fjy-  yon  and  kia^u$iter* 
TOdj^^  Even  at  that  tonder  âge,  my  George,  you  wero 

QWhang  it,  Phill"  exolaimed  George,  getting  n» 


tt , 


Lydia  wonia  nse  to  eee  you. 
1»  at  Golden  Willowa  ?  " 

''Idon't  know,rin*8nre,''the  doctor  an8wered,-in  a 
despondeaj  tone,  "  Fariny't  there,  and  Fanny'g  a  littie 
^^^^f^T-  }^  PP^Jrhn^^onpBt.^  loan'tafloTdta 
mrry  that  giri,  and  hw  intentions  are  a  little  too  pointèd. 
Girlg  in:New  Yorkmake  love  to  a  fellow  when  ihey  get  a 
ih'iT'  m"i*i  *  ^jO''  ?»n  >»oak  away  from  them.  At 
Golden  WiUows  Tm  alone  and  nnprotected,  and  Miss 
Winto  ghôws  no  qnarter.  I  shonl(l  like  to  go  baok.  to 
throWphysic  tO  tbe  doge  for  a  month  or  two  ;  but  if  Fan 
asks  me  to  manry  her,  what  am  I  to  do  ?  I  give  you  mv 
Word  that  wag  #hy  I  didn't  ço  to  the.wedllng;  I  caî^^ 
Btandher  letterg  Q  don^t  read  them),  but  herielf-non 
Geor^  «ve  Aunt  lydia  my  beat  affection,  but  my  peace 
<d  mmd  m  âeat  to  me— I  can't  goy"  *  '  *"^^ 

Tbe  laat  ^  this  mild  appeal  waa  mnrmured  tothe  waîlg.^ 
for  George  Baratonehadgeizedhig  hat  and  departed  m 

<4^BgU8t.  -  '^  ^  r 

T^^^^^^R*****"*  ^*^  ^^^'^  ^  *"d  the  cavalier  of  las» 
Jight  w»«W^  conyiot  brothôr,  aftèr  aîl,  brft  a  partv  by 
tbe  namfl^  Jdhiu^me,    My  dear,  guttible  éeoiwé î*  he 

^^^.^\'^^  %  sillieat  girl'  in  ber  tSmi  «m 
4!Îlîi^ikf^U^Î'^2^/  n*pe  œen  aroond  tbéir  dearlîttla 

J»«»««»-  ^p*  ©«allait  1  ob,  Omi^alel  you  flouHah  yet. 


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and  wilUkle^»  big  wotM  wâg?,    1  wiah  J  oonMeee  tb^ 
prettv  Magdiden'a  g»M  (slewrly,  bat  l'don'i    ï  wi»h  l 
oould  go  dalrn^^imdjceep  rojJjMEfllLhér.  ^hé*g  aii' 

and  ni,^  h^^  if  I  tfan  W^myi^W^ 

V    ^^î^t^'^i?*"*'^^  '''^*  ***  ■*«  1|€*  onc6  mer».    1  wisb    ^ 

8l6wly»p  and  douned  hia  co»t,  which  hiy  reéldy  Wtwf ed 
gp^ft^iiir.^  ''And  Bbedoerà'tlike nie, ind  ihedoewt 
*"A^*^-    Odd,  that  !»        \  ^^' 

Hoctw  Baretone  wènt  blandly  i»  wâong  tfeé  wiittiiK 
patients,  ai^  waa  kept  tbteo  ovot.  iii  bow.  When  hS 
drove  avay  f^  the  hou8e,'^hiâ  firsk  visH  w^s  to  ^  Si. 
KfïcholaB,  wheVQ  hctouiid  àis  oonstn'fl  wife  alona,  writing 

iftâs^î  ^*  *ï*  ^®***  ^^*  <^  «î^^*  »*  ^«8  entwnce,  and  t^È 
-fr^i^*^  »*>«ûj  »•  ^rdiaîly  ae  a  statue  «f  kfé  migilt.«avd 
Î*SI;  "»temoi|^frigidly  tp  hia  civil  apeeohea  and  measaffes 
xofiilIlMne,  «ndltaeTeroncé  del^ing  to  unbend.  Tbe^iU 
waaneoeflsarHy  oHhe  briefeat^-^ten  Doo^  Philhrt  as- 
surance ooatd  make  litfelè  headway  hère.  - 
,  ''^'^l«**»«'^  Magdalen  "  waa  c^îigriting  ^as  to  TVillie.  and 
wasvithontdateof  aignati**.  \                 «. 

"I  enclose  you  fort/  dollars,*^  sh»  wïôtt,  "Make^it 
laat  as  lonij  a6  P«^Mi||-  î jlF^«  ^nt  fittle  moiiS  of  ùiyown, 
and  m  thw  iiia«tMpDaniS»Ter  a^  6.  for  «loney.  We 
we  seen  Jaat  nîgbt.  I  can  meet  yôn  nn  more  tor  jthe 
Ilt««e^^  We  ieate;  te^jrashingtou  to-day.  Jn  a  week 
ve  imi  be  at  home.  Wffmaaa  eithe#irrite  or 
thetê'/'    ■  •   '^  ^^ 

Mr.  uid  Mrs.  Baratone  departed  liugÉiâihinrton. 
George  did  fais  beat  to  lè'ee^  6a^alJi»ant1yMi 
mtb  the  sîghtâ  of  that  dtj.  JÉBdalan  wi»  Tery  «^^ , 
th.erewere  no'  more  ontburstsOE  dM|  by  day  sbe  gmw 
Wânnfrai^  thinner,*nd  the  sS»»  «at  camé  and  Yent 
were  numéro  like theold  smU^than  starlight  is  t6«UIl• 
«fe«^^lr^r#iii^i1ïffBr;t>le'^  Wéek"^ir%r  ânlîiîÇ'^ 
•^M  O^lden  WiHo«a.  Once  there,  this  wi«to|ie(l 
"*•-*  "«-edîly  cnlminate  in.some  way  fimd^iiBnr- 
than  this  life  ut  Réception  «nd  féro^' 


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^Spopened  W^^^^  liooniainea  but  itoe 

«.?5®?*u''"  ^-  «=^cî»n»ation  from   George.    Magdalea 

ptûahedthenotemberhandsndlookôdupr  je^^Mètor- 
1  mg  at  Kiss  Barstone's  epîatle.  *^'    j^p^i»  «v 

7  ^"^  f  î  Faimy»8  letter,  Mftgdalçn/'  he  gaid.     "  H^e'a 
astreakof  Jnckl    She'a  he(ea  Jef  t  a  tortone  I  » 

"Afortufte?**  .    - 

"Yes— sixfcy  ^MM^a  doUàra.    Pretty  welî,  I  tlunk 
W  h  n?^*"^?^  ^t  »°  Sacrftieixto  and  mad; 
tiSat  il^  ^'^   ^    ^^'J'®"®'  **»*  you  will  hear  al| 
a^Magdalw  :op^ned;tlie  piii^^  fighîy-perfoi 

««yfe^laid  letteraj»'  as  ÔeVge  oalled  tJiem. 


jonid  not  h»^  >W^it.^  Hero  was  romance  air«t  on^e  I 
She  waff  ai>  heiMai  L^Sixty  thouaand  dollars'to  do  jnat 
^3gyl««^^ythr    .<^^^^  MagdaLl 

*  .^li!?*-  T*%^  W  %  aiapoat,"  said  tha  heîn 
a  poetocript     "Of  couiwijie  dioean't  <îare,  bat  I  mq' 
mm  of  it.    And  l'm  ji^ing  io  hâve  a  lady's  maidj 
dalen,  lo  do  my  haïr,  and  hwse  my  JBalmoràs.  and  Inoion 
my  ^ea,  and  w^^  my  handa  and  faœ,  if  I  like.    ïud 
ÎJi^^"^*^  Ly<ï»*'a  W  wott\aob«  nntil  ahe  gets  me  to 
cqnMM  to  haje  «mother  govemeaa.    When  a  peraon  ;ia8 
ttxtylhanaand  dollars  toddjnatwhat  she  likea  with.lshe 
^agetalong  I  hope,^hiut%njh^  W  Mfl^ 

At  Home    when  vou    corne  home  ?  and  won't  I  "hâve 
diamonds,  and  moWsi  and  «jnany  née  noveU 
to  read  ?    Do-do  hUrrf  back  I    I  haîro  " 
ttaags  to  aay  to  yon,  ao^  I  am  yonr  affeiÉK 


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Fanny  h$à  mritten  te  Phil    At  that  yery  hoiir,  în 
Kew  York,  he  safe  reading  her  letbnr.    And  uiis  i3  what 

"  Dbabbst  Phil  :—  ; 


lativOj 

No,  1  Opn't  mean  tbat  Tm  happy — l'm  dreadfalli  ni/ 
happy  ;  b\it  I  meau  that  Fve  had  «btty  thbnaand  ^Hiâ 
left  nie  by  rta'a  brothpr,  out  in  Oalifomia.     Ma*8  brothejf  ' 
is  one's  nnole,  of  cçnrae  ;  but  one  oan't  be  dt^adfnl  aorry  - 
for  an  nnola-one  nerer  saw  sinoo^hey  were  three  montha 
old—now  can  they  ?    Of  course  1*11  go  in  mouwTjiig  ;  and 
as  ifs  cold  weather,  and  as  blaok  becomes  é^—mj  dress» 
maker  says— I  don't  so  mùoh  mind.     But  o5,  Phil»  iVi 
not  one  bit  happy  !    PeojJle  may  think  that  sixty  thou- 
sand  dollars  is  happiness,  but  it  isn- 1,    Of  course,  it'a- 
very  nioe,  and  l'ra  awful  glad  to  get  it  ;  but  there's  aà    .. 
aching  void  in  my  heart  that  evon  sixty  thonsand  dollans  " 
^and  it*8  a  good  deàl — can*t  flll.    Don't  mention  tbîs  to 
George.    I  wonld  ne  ver  hear  the  last  of  his  stnpid  jokea 
tbont  it.    George  bas  no  sonl  !    He  thinks,  bcwanse  » 
jrson  bas  a  very  good  i^)petite,  and  grows  fat— not  that  rm  ' 
tat,  Fonry  measnre  tirentjr^igHt- jncbes  round  the  waist, 
and  X^sed  to  mealure  thirty— hê  thinks,  George  does,  a 
nerson  faasno  secret  4ironble.     Oh,  Phil,  î'm  so  lonely— so 
louely,  sepetimes  II  ait  np-ataira  and  weep  by  myself  ; 
and  1  wonder  what  yott  are  aoing,  moving  amid  the  f estai 
throng,  I  dare  say  the  gaveat  of  the  gav,  and  never  think- 
ing  once  of  poon  lonely  Paùjiy  î    I  picture  you,  Phil,  in 
the  whirl   of  diasipation,  in>white  vest  and  white  kjd 
gloTea,  looking  oh,  ào  pale  and  han^some — Geprge  aaya 
you're   yellow  ;  but  you*re   not,  you  Jeaww— and  flying 
throagh  the  gidd^  waltz.  with  soroe  lovély  beitig  in  yonr 
ariBis  !    But  oh,  Phil,  doii*t  quite  forget  your  Fanny — 
thinlp  of  me  sometimesi^  in  the  lonely  twiligfat,  sittitig  aea» 
olate  at  my  bedroom  windotivj^ing  at  the  peacefulstara 
and  so  dreary,  and  ao  8Hd,1ftnd^ntteHy  ^one^nthe  wTdè" 
earth  I  ^  No,  indeed  ï    Sixty  thousùid  âoUara  is  yery  well 
in  ita  tfay,  and  l'm  goiiïg  to  hâve  jewela,  and  apfendid 
dresses,  *î^^^^®^''^  Qoniectionery,  and  l^vel  ovèf  tfii 
v;orld;  btnrllMllBBot  reatore  peaoe  to  an  ttchinar  bewrf  1 


And  if  j;oà  waf 


Phil,  you  may  bave  it  ali^yô^ 


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**  ANP  Y^T  ilY  BAYS  GO  OÎT,  GO  OÉ/'Vm 

' .>  '■'  ■''  '..■■'' ...  '  ""v'..;'  ■'  '.:■■  '  :  f'  '^' 
«Tftrjr  cent^Hii^d  III  do  Vithpot  the  di^Maéc  sncl  ibinga, 
more  than  repikid  bj  a  imile  and  a  'Tbankyoa.  I^i^l' 
And  byandby,  wheii  yon  marry,  Phil,8ome  tail,  dark, 
bandsome,  haQgl^ty,  beaatifal  ladj^ot  a  bit  lik&me» 
joa'H  a9k  md^  to  ootne  and  see  yoa/won't  yoa  F  ^nd 
Jd^klX  keep  a  little,  tiny  corner  o£  your  heart,  in  Jinte  clf 
„  yoor  beaatifal  wife,  for  your  loviug  and  lonely  ^oogh 
people  may  think  b9r  fortuoate)  Qousin.  f'AiTNTi'^ 

**P.  S. «Do  corne  down  to  Golden  WillowB  80on,PhiI, 
«nd  nUake  as  a  long  visit.  ^iThy  need  yon  kiU^nrself 
with  borrid  b^rd  work,  thôre  in  New  York,  limeii  we  ail 
want  yon  hère  so  mooh  ?  Ah,  do  ôome,  please  X  I  want 
to  aee  yon  awj^lly  1  *        F.  W." 

Philip  Barstoneread  this  letter  over-Tery  slowly,  then 
deliberately  feiirifted  it  dp,  held  it  OTertbe-gas,  and  lit 
Jbisoigiftr. 

"  The  die  is  eut  !  ''  said  Dootor  MastersOh's  assistant, 
pnffing  àvay.  "Fortnne  has  b^riehded  ,me  at-  last." 
Sixty  thonsand  dollars  beqnekthed  to  that  girî  f  111  go 
downto  Golden  Willows,  court  her,  and  marry  her  ont  t||^ 
band,  and  leaye  tbe  conntry  forerer;  •  Aohing  toid  in  heL 
lieart, -inrloed  i  Well  set  that  flil  rigbt  before  long.  Misa 
liœ^y  Wintert  1*^  ^*^ 


OHAPTBEXX. 

♦*  AWD  TBT  Irr  PAYS  Ck)  Oïr,  00  OIS." 

The  Ides  of  Febrnary  had  ^«come/  It  w^  the  third  of 
tbe  month,  rerjr  late  in  tb«i«|iernoon,  wben  ICiss  Fanny 
Tfinters  drove,  in  the^anltl^leigh,  down  to  the  Millford- 
StatioH,  to  wait  for  tiw  iS.jro  train.  She  droTe  through 
the  starry  twil^ht,  as  m  lii  triumphant  chariot,  to  bring 
"the  bïtdc^ssd "bndegrooiu  hone.  '  ',' 

Miss  Wittterv.was  elabôrately  got  ûp  in  wbite  fnr  and 
black  velvet^  and  with  her  rosy^^beeks  glowing,  fnd  her 
n^tbor  smidl  eyes  sparicling,  l^sed  onite  jpr^r  çnoiirîi, 
in  herself,  to.  attract  the  attention  of  sQttUHBNiBg  ifill- 
ford  genâlottiela,  biinginjg  abont  ^bé^MnP^mj^MKMid 
fromafto6ntfi»rtnnë.    Bnttbç^iiJÉli^HilÉiMiiiljllfiaa 


s'îS 


»  ~ 


174 


AGDALBITigf  VÔW. 


^  Wm^  and  her  lûofcyiwîAdl»»  hiul  created  nb  smàll  sensâ- 
^on  in  h^r  native  towa;  *iid  thttse  young  men  flooked  «round 

i#i   y*^;8  was  bhsa  !    To  bè  stirrounded  by  Kalf  a doaen 

-  of  the  best-looking^oang  men  in  the  town,  reàdy  fô  btow 
eacb  other'a  brains  'put  for  the  faveur  6t  her  smileV 

And  I  am  bduiid  to  sa*  Mi$f  Winiew,  foFa  yonnir  lad? 
with  a  secret  sorrow  npoV  hër,  «howérëd  those  sm^ea  ri 
î^  uL"^*^*^^  ïeft>  »nd  made  beraelf  indigcriin&telv 
dehghtfiir.  Had'shebeenabèauty,  àhewoald  hatebeea  ^ 
the  veriest  flirt  that  evertormented  mankind.  Aa  ah» 
proYidentialIy-Tadttot,  Bbe  made  the  tooakof  her  newiio- 
cessjon  topowernowr.  S»     •      "#â 

^J^l  *'ÏÏ^'''*°*®  tt«n^ermg  intacte  gas^lighi^fl^ioû;^. 
and  the  jiftroengers  began  flbcking  ont.     Miss  Wintere,  on     ' 
|be  arm^f  ihe  rod^  devoted  of  hernew-foundjrorshitwrs,^ 
^    id?anced  eagerly  to  meet  Magdalen.    She  did  Aot  oare  in  •  " 
the  least  tosee  George.     Slieentertaîned  rathëPafé^lW     " 
oîcçntemptf^ïnhàt  legaï  gentletiian,  who  yavned  bor- 
nbly  when  slK^tped  to  read  idoud  tbe  "pàicess.*'  ftnd 
toldber  to  "stop  thàt rot/' when sbe quotedg^nsly  f rom     ' 
the     l^evoU  of  Isl^m.'*    But  to  the  projSSFoonstitnted 
fçmale  ttimd,  a  bride  is  the  most  interestiW  ojf  oartbly  ob- 
jecta, eioept  a  new  bonnet  or- a  nm  baby.md  Fîaân»    - 
«jessed  exlSitedly  throttghthe  tbrottg  to  flâyTherself  in 
Magdalen^  arms.  .     '''      '        -^f^'  ' 

..uT^!?^'»**'^^  oirt;  Miw  Wintera/' her  mdnctor  éi- 
clAimed,  '^A^jt  youll  get  troddea  doMm    in  this    crash,- 
;r.«ow,  tbett,  y<>u  old  Jcangaroo,    what-  do  you  mean  hr 
elbomn^  à  young  lady  in  that  fashion/*  and  heré  the  " 
Cfffender.s  hàt  wM  tilted  «ngrily  oter  his  nooe.     <•  0& 
hère  thiw  are  at  last  l"  '     '  -  .     i   ^ 

"la  that   otjier  gentbmiin  dne  ôf  'ôiÉ/ 
*  lo^S'enotjgb  hke  George  to  be  a  long-lost  broiW.^* 
î^?,"yT»^*:H'^  *  «hriek-a  sbriek  of  pure  joy.-  ;- 
mm  m  gel  #ïwB»b  tbi.  ftwitoiî  f>  î^-  "^^f"-- ■  *"^  ««««*F 


^•;.'i 


SheneTer^noé  looîcedat  Itbfdâ^A  ttow.    JTà»  noi  that 

î  Î^IHBI^^'*'*^'*^*  )^<)n  tamed  intd^i 
^^'  '^'^^^fllftjfe  *1^  <^t  <»^oe  'or  this  girl  in  j 
»oot«r1MBI^HfcÉ^  lent  j»o  4p»k^ 


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round 

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flady 
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}  sh« 

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pere,%  • 
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9ling 
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fi|tended  Tisit,  joid  had  àKirpri9ed  hia  relatives  by  wàlkinff 
inlîo  tlto  pteamer,  at  tii*fo<rt  of  Canal  «fcroet,  n^n  the 
eyenmg  of  their  rétora  ^om  Washington,  and^nonncinir 
W  inten^on  of  returiiîng  to  Millford  with  theitt.  ït  wsi 
he  who  flrst  spied  thu  tég/bt,  panting,  wildly  exeited  little 
neireas  now* 

'*  TheroV  Fan,"  ho  jBâiâ,  «ooUy,  ''  battling  f rantically  to 
get  at  us.    Tliia  way,  0<iorge^on't  joû  see  her  ?" 
A  second  later  and  he  wasbeside  her. 

^  ^  With  a  cry  of  irreçressibléec^tàsy,  Fannio  flung  heiwlf 
ihio  his  anus  and  kiased  bim  on^thoapot.  Wasjie  not^ 
Bort  of  coasin,  foarteen  or  fifteen  timea  reraôved,  and 

'  was  it  not  a  proper  aàd  commendable  thins  to  Idaa  on^ 


"^^  .t."^'  PM  I  Phiir  how^lam  WWp^l^  I 
&t::,*honght  you  vonld  oome-^I  thonght  ydu  wouldn't  fowet 
.-*  ^       na  altogether.    Oh,  vhat  a  Bttrprise  thfa  is,  and  how  i^ 
^untLydiawillbel"  "^^ 

:    ''l'aitli,  I  think  ao,  îf  ahe'a  balf  as  glad  aa  her  nieo^*' 
«,«aid#oor|e,  comingfprvard,  with  Jtf a^alen  onhin  arta. 
%    'II  8èy,  djSn't  eat  Phil  alive,  and  apare  a  le w  of  yotii  em- 
braoea,  if  possible,  for  «ther  acquivitttaàoea.** 
Misa  Wmteii^ang  herself,  m  a  tfoond  OQtbnvi^  into 
e  «rnia of  Hagdalen.    Fot  the spealer,  hewai  unwortby 
MmUce.    Some  antaU  boys  néar  grinùed,  li'iheee  mm 
-wmonic  wretohea  i^ill,  while  Mr.  Howard  atowd  Roi)iiKti| 
and  forgotten  in  the  backgronnd.  *  v 

''  I  thonght  I  «hoald  hâve  the  trooMe  Of  odvrUng  k«r* 
before  I  married  her,"  refleetedl  Phil^BarsIoue,  who  M 
tjikefi  Fannie's  raptnres  with  cbnatitirtioual  oalm.    "  Énft, 
deaif,  nnaojkhisticated  chiï^of  natnre  I    I  haie  ouly  »# 
kem  quiet  and  sbell.do  it  dèrséif." 

*'^  Bmiied  aa  ahe  kissed  Fa^j  -«Biiled  Ms^le 
Ani^^that  h%|ipié»t  of  Kttie  helvtei  hlrjffed 
^ard  the  tieigh,  .dll%i&g  to  her  biiiiVéd  Hï^f 
wn»'  4  -  '-■'  'k.    i       M.       ■  .  '•    ■        ♦ 

HST'^lIiaa  WSt^^^^pïï%^to^^ 
and  makinfl^nlàoe  for  imï  Desida  her.  "  AdÎL 


the  back"  seat  and  making'plàoe  for  *  —,  - 
to  think  I  nere?  ^oaght  y  on  wonld  <3onie. 

0oetor  Ppl  asmalad,  ôtiiipL 
of  him,  but  @Ë^hie  waa.  i^  mety 


176 


MAmiOMBîm  ^Oif. 


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G6oi]ge  took  ihe  reinp,  éaâ  away  i3i«gr  flew  thlroagh  tho^ 
gtarlit  night. 

*'  Ho^  d^r  to  m^beart  MT&tlie  80«vie8'6f  o^  ohildhood,** 
dmwled  Boctor  Phiii|!t,  ''wfaeufonérecc^^tkiui — iflSa,v!ê 
the  reat,' Fanny  ?  Fo6try'8  rather  itt  ydar  vline,  ian'tilif 
Woald  yott  oMect  t^  my spioicing  a  Mild  oigar  ?" 

Objsot  !  Mot  sHe^  irn^  î  If  this  Mllomjonng  man 
had  reqnired  h«r  to  amoke  a  mild  cigMr  ^iseH^  «he  might 
bave  m^e  faces  oVer  ît,  i^ut  slie  woald  iH^ve  doue  it  or 
died.     Ob|ect,  not  at  ail  ! 

^^Ah,  no!  I  d«re  say  you  #ouldn*t/'  Philip  i<e^eâ> 
*'  bot  Mrs.  Barstone  Is  m  the  frpnt  90at^  aùd  li^  iiii|;}it. 
Bo  yon  l$;n&w.  Fan,  i&e  bas  fcbe  oad  Umié  uot  to  lUi^  f(MMi 
truly?" 

"  Not  Hkô  you  !    î^  lïk«  yoci,  FMI  ! ^ 

Fanny  IstigJied  in  uttér  ilicred^î^  Bîd  î>|p*  jnoiifliir, 
in  the  ghape  of  womiifi,  r«fa(Iy  ea^  '01m  «Oirti  âMike  %^ 
pdie-faced  demi  god  *#/  her  »§id«  ? 

'If  she  ha»  t<^  yon  that,  Fhîl,  i^  éôds  msê  mmt  iâ 
f  aiw.^»  âal#  to  iMAr^'îl  lÉi»  ImmI'  Meh  fm  mê  pmII'«#I 
jonaiTT  C**'^ik^ '^ 

e'Ily  <}6iM  -4li« cofn|^iavfntaT-y  Fân-n|f  Hb» M^pirilt» 
Wayn0  might  iu«6  tt«^  and  diod  a  amémM  #  |i^  <M«<f  ^t 
^k»  chanter,  fof  me  Ko,  Miss  itiaiim,  mmw§  aatMlar 
prettv  little  ^rl  vhoir^  I  like,  and  iriMH  I  lllitit  mm  m, 
fuid  f  don't  want  to  hr efér  àèr  hewrt.  %mm  tail^  liiiiilfBi 
eyed,  ma|e8tic  iwû,m  nuiy  ii»it  some  lÉi^,  b^  ii#f  jN^ 
hamblé  servant.  Oive  me,**  said  Dootor  ?iiiMp,  ^#- 
iag  la»ly  at  hûi  breathless  I  iinpanio        aornetli^Ag 

fllump  ê(Jk  p^ite,  '  a  créature  ^^i  too  orig^t  and  good,  filf 
hnman  lynto re'e  daily  f ood . *  There's  m^e  po^rf  for  yon, 
Fanny.  %j  Jore  I  I  didn't  think  tfaeré  wim  m  œnob  in 
me.  It  mue^t  be  this  nioe  moonlight  and  yonr  înaplring 
jj^haienoe  that  does  it.  I  alw^fs  thmk  yosî  fiave  ii)c«t  Ihe 
ohaaiaft  artieîe  as  Ihe  dry  goods  gentlemen  prt^  it,  m 
iÉM>  way  of  mooitlight  llere  tiiat  I  ever  sair.'* 

"Oh,  Phil  I"    Fânny  criée.     "And  yon  f«a% 
thorejaaily  ia  .1  moan  tharo-  ie  some  one  jyo|!   -ê^ 


tiiere  is  some  one  ap  in  New  fork,  af ter  m  f 

^'Sw^rtàjiotae  ônm,  mj  deayr  yonng  laty      WW 
VMàùn^mÊÊmt  oîms  Ma^nf  mpm  I 
don't  qdite laHMf^end  yôurlbighly  iatel%fi|ue  mmâflt  f 

**  l  vmi&,**""0Smm$,  'r,  •  ti«BiMi»g  m^B  tém. 


\)  ^ 


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AND  Y|I^  IÉTnB^  IKI  <^ 


ing  piteoQsly  ontat  the  n^oonilght  and  thé  HKnr  âlSte  | 
".  I  meanrof  coarse,  Dootoi^Ba^nrfcone,  thero  is  ^-^jwaag 
peraon  iu  New  York  to  whoiÀ--4to  wham"— vith  agnlp^ 
"  you  are  engaged  ?  "  \;  ;^| 

«'Engaged?^  repeated  PM,  eigoying  {tQOtr  Wtam^ 
miBery,  as  thoae  maie  monsteraVill  ;  '*yr(SÏ--j«ÊB,_  To  a 
Tonng  personr— no  }  î'm  engagea  to  Doctcnr  James  Mas*, 
iterson,  of  tfaat  ilk,  to  retarn  frotn  H^re  in  two  monttui  ;  bat 
ypa  can  hardly  oall  him  a  'yoting  ]^rsén,'  I  opina.  Hft 
was  seventy-àve  last  birthday,  and  his  frosty  poW,  ttke  the 
notorioQS  Mr.  John  Anderson's,  is  like  the-smHr.  I*iii 
engaged  to  him,  if  yon  like,  bnt  perhaps  thrà^fam't  whi^ 
you  were  alluding  to  ?  " 

"Now,  jPhil,"  cried  Miss  Wîntera,  indignantly,  her 
heart  beginning  to  beat  again,  poorchild,  ''howcan  yonf 
Not  that  I  care,  of  ooum»— oh,  no  T  Yoa  may  marry  flffcy 
young  ladies,  if  yoa  like,  and  I  vhan't  object.'* 

**  l^iouldn'Ê  you  ?  Bnt  I'm  afraid  the  law  vonld,  mj 
dear.  Fifty  young  ladies  I  What  a>  delicious  idea  !  Bnt 
thén  one  wonld  hâve  to  emigrate  no  Utah.-  And  besides 
that,  I  know  one  young  lad?  who  witt  satisfy  every  deaire 
of  myheart  j  ust  at  présent. 

..  **  Where y**  cried  the  tofmented  Fanny  ;  "  that's  what 
XmeantI    Whoisshe?" 

►     "  The  dearest  little  girl  in  the  worid,  Fanny.** 
■^"  Little,  is  she  ?    Do  you  like  little  iMioen,  Phil  ?  She 
i0  taller  than  I  am,  of  course  ?  "  ^ 

*'  By  no  means,  my  dear  ;  jnst  your  fia©.*'., 
':■:  **  And  she  lives  in  New  Yorj^,  of  course  ?  '*' 

^'  There's  '  of  course,'  agàin  I  No,  she  dœsn't.  She 
liTflB  inthe  conntry."  % 

"  In  the  oountrjjr  1  "  — oh,  how  Fanny's  heart  was  pinng*» 

'     >K'  flomewhei?e  ont  oi  New 


ing  inside  her  Tdfyet  basque  !^ 
Ywk?" 

"Deoidedly  ontof  New  York, 
ia — "  a  dreMloi  pause. 
*  <<  OUTPhu^  wiiM ?"  eriad  Vaimy»  hÊàà  wM  with  hep» 


Sv  far  eut»  that  it's  lu 


"  Well,  th«i^  in— Cronectient.'*^ 
«  Phil  î  » 

«InMillferd.    Jfaw»  Mi»  WiiyiMRS, 
gftesser,  tell  «le  wàe  sluk  is.     Bostn 
«od  fo  on  %«igk  «iHi  th^ 


aoleta* 
•  iaotwiy 


178 


^MJkàimmwûiW. 


Oh,  Phil,  teU  me 


laa 


h,  Phi!,  Bu  àjmgio  katml'* 


lOOtUlt 


to^ 


her  wmst,  *nd  his  ^ônd  mnstache  carnée  vwy^i^lî 
ttim^,  as  Dtold  voa  before,  and  Pm  v^  tond  <rf  h«h-- 

i8-~oJwPanoy  î  Fanny  !  can'tyou  gnm.?"    ■     "'''^"•^a? 

Hedrewhertowardhimandthen^butiiol    IdarèaÉ* 

KÉh^^&&  m  a  sleigh  your^lf,  aome  moonhght  Bi«M 

Thefe  n^^otber  f*Oh,  Pbin'*-.almo8t  a  sob.  thi* 
ti^  pf  intense  ecstagy.    The  poor  àhild'sIL^  waa  «k! 

SU?      ^"^  ^^t  "^'"^  pair  in  the  front  «eaktf' 

*^j..    :*  T®  ^'**^ *  ^ot;  with  a  vengeance  '    "Diâ  î  dn  it 
ordid  sbe      Ididn't  tbinktbere^ISmiçb^ne^aM 
^t^i^ion^i^me.     Whi^theideucewiC^a^ 

Aoiir%dia  wonldnot  bebesÉff^lseC^t  Ww  certain. 
!lL*^  very  f ond  of  ber-HiedWf^VTbo^1hrk^ 
wh«fc  tbat  nepfaew'8  part  lih.  baa  been,  which  waa  more 

back  frote  hig  aide  in  horro^, 
*at  J»J  »«  tt»t  dark  record  g*  »««  .«0*. 
"I  hopt  Pan  won*t  go  tod  tell  l've  proposed.  m  MX}»aé 

xasu,  even  lor  me,    1  don  t  think  eke  âm  oosMme  a  kisa 
«Zirl-ïï^'  'f^y'^.^T^^^*?'    wiylSe'^deZé 

uptJtwni^igriffanyabattrd  waf  î    B'or  the  r#t.  Fà»^  «f 


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),  ttdà  #otild  rtmVway  with  me  to-Koxfo#>  If  t  laiA' 

bmV"     '     :'    \  '-  "     ■■•.  --^ 

Jkaà  then  «  tneînoTyW  the  past— a  memorj  çtf  anothcnr 
g^rl,  as  yoâng  aitd  far  ïmrer,  who  had  leftfather  and  fricnlâs  , 
and  home,  to  follor  m<«,  wben  he  said,  "Cdjaael**  ob- 
ifnded  itâèlf  sbairply  ahd  snddenl^.  J^é' liMki^- ai  thfl 
vhite  face  bf  George -Bkretone's  wife,  gleamiog  throogfe'r 
the  p^arly  night  a«  if  cttt\in  tnarble. 

'*  What4;he  deril  makeff,me  thînk  of  h^r  at  this  tude  ?" 
he  thoQght,  with  an  înward  oath.  *  *  She  wo"^  hâve  died" 
jastthe  same  if  I  had  léfi  her — died  h^caïKl  left  her. 
GFreat  heaven,  if  I  could  only  foi^et  tbole  two  d«ad 
ifomen  !  Theiy  iiave  haanted  me  sincè  I  saw  the  pale  taoe 
„of  this  girl  in  the  seat  ther^,  as  théy  nëVeriiaiinted  me 
l^fore^  Fit  marry  Fanny,  aùd  go  to  Paris,,  and  i|e7er  ré- 
crira. Sately  one  may  find  the  /waters  of  Iiethe  in  that  façr 
diatanf.city.  /'ÏÏie  sp6ner  I  lm}i  my  la||  «pon  Magdalm 
Barstone'am^rble  face  the  better."         :  ^. 

■ïbey  reaç^  Gôldeir  WilloTta— the  dear.old  hotaesfoad^" 
t»igMy  %hted  np,.and  sendiiiff  a  streaming  trelcoiiie  far 
over  tlw  abow.  '  \ 

Cborge  threw  opeh  the  frqEt  do6r  and  led  tfagdalenjn. 

**  Wwco|8ô  I  **  ne  said,  "  tb  \Golden  ?li|lov8,  my  own 
dear  wife."  ,  ^  .    ^ 

5  Her  heaÉrt  swelled  ;  she  couldjàçt  jtpeak.    The  dratringw 
room  ûôoi  Btood  wide  and  aunt  IWdia,  in  satin  gown  and  ' 
Uoe  éap,  aat  there  in  her  igrçat  \ohaur,  a  happy  «mile  of 
greetîng  on  he*  *#«^,  oaito  liè^.  \  . 

«  W^««»e  hofflié,  my  jhiMreiii"  she  «àid.  "What! 
fm»  to0  !  My  deaf  boy  !  «rhat  a  éàrprise  I  Mv  dear  Mag- 
dalen  !  nv  ééa  4m$M^  !  î  «é  heartily  glad  to  gel  jûk 
Inck,  Qdmm  Vili#«ti»»i>titi»lf  whenyonrsanny  faoeia 


SheWi  hf/m%^m4  mm-im  foiaâlyi    IfagdaSen^ 
îme  dtbpp^,  wll%t#iit  «  «o«4,  oa  h^  breaàl. 

£etme  look  at  yoa|^  àwit  X^dia  said.    **ïiet  me 

mmmLt 


Kftw  Wdf  T^yrlr 


Ljgraed|rîMiypn^ 


yHtm,  «ii|a|m  î*     ^  V  ■  "     •  -  t^  -  -- 

for  thrfirtt  tma  sh«  hand  lott  viwr  of  ia|ri^fi|^faoe— 

that  im  Umt  m  sadîy  ^ifflged  'm  '^^  brwl  «i«ith— « 

ifaii,  so  tÉin. 
**lÇ&y,  niy  îiartto|[#  wlm*  il  thi«  f    fo»  Me  fone  to  • 

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»5W,  waking  ont  of  the  egotlsm  of  |w  own  er^  S 
J.»  dida't  need  if.    If  U  hl^S*^™^  !    B«tûw    ' 

Çoinf  up-fltairsi  Maffdalen.  and  Ut  n«  f«L--  ^  "I^  ^.  J®*"  < 


Conw  up^tairsi  Magdalen,  and  let  as  fcake  off  on'r  thinlT 

ftM*^«d,  tfeecarpete  she  had  ôha.<HJ,  the  iSwt  nattai 
wckmg  chairs  the  UU  ml^w,  thi  g leamlwr^totdê^^ 
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«AND  YBT  MY  0AÏS  #0  OH,  00 .011.*'     181 

ter  gold  hair  glesmed,  «Qd  her  néck  and  snng  dunie  lika 

iSiiss  Winters,  qnite  gorgeons  in  mànvé  dlk»  wilèithe 
winding  traia  «o  dear  to  her  beart,  roaebndà  aûd  ribbons 
in  her  hair,  i»nd  neoklace  and  bracelets  and  ear^iingsof 
sparkling  BtonçB^  flashing- i^plendidljT  m  the  lamp» 
light.      ♦  4  *^  , 

"I  don*t  Bappoae  ih^yH  jeal,  yoa  know,  Magdalen,*» 
Fanny  said,  alUidi^  to  her  jewels,  "  becaase  ^I  got  thenà 
down  in  Millford,  «irtdithe  whole  mkl^tiiy  côst  thirty^ol- 
lars  î  *»"+*^— "'"-""•*"' — "-    Ti.«-'-i-— j  L.'.,      ,'    , 

Deai: 

appetite,  ànd  it'a  bf  no  use  drinking  vinegar  !  I*ve  trieâ 
it  and  it  onJy  makes  me  eick,  and  dodçn^t  db  one  parlide 
of  goôd.  Don't  tell  Aunt  Lydia;  but  she  can*i  nnder- 
staad  wby  the  vinegar  cruets  are  alwayjB  empty.  Do  l#t'» 
hurry  down  to  Bupper."  -  '  y 

The  cosy  dining-room  of  (îolden  Willows  looked  a  Yéet 
pleasant  and  oheerfolapartment,  itsbright  anthracite  fire, 
its  U19II0W  lamplight,  nooding  the  snowily-draped  table, 
ail  a-sparkle  wi/h  old  ail  ver  and  fragile  china,  and  gr(Mtn<^ 
ing,  if  tables  ever  do  groan,  with  fragraut  creatufip  corn- 
forts. 

Aunt  Lydia  prèsîded  and  Fanny  chatted  about  her  tron- 
derfttl  jB^ood  fortune,  and  Phil  came  out  of  his  constitu- 
ûoatà  indolence  and  talked  as  he  could  talk  when  ho 
chose.  A  strangor  passingwithout  and  gliuioing  in  at 
tbat  picture  might  hâve  thought,  "  Whatahappy  faœily 
party  I"  And  yet  black  oare  stood  grimly  behind  moT9 
thau  o«e  chair  back,  and,, a  skeleton  grinned  under  ibo 
lestai  roses.  Perhaps,  of  t|ie  five  persons  thore  gathertd, 
Fanny  Winters  was  the  only  one  roally  happy.  -^ 

Ifagdalen  weut  to  the  piano,  after  supper,  at  A«nt 
Lydia^8reqnest,'and  her  devoted  hushand  sat  néfir  and 
Uratofaed — as  Ae  never  wearied  of  watôhing — that  pale, 
Iwptly  faoe,  anddrank  in  the  mnsio  those  dender  lljyrers 
m^     Tt  Jigfl.mft]anfthnly  ynnme.  too,  '  "' 


iNmiiftlKMii  «î  the  girl's  heart  bf«iM^e#. 

Sh©  sahg  tlte  plaintive  Ut>tl«  \mÙ$A  fan-^  „^ 
her  weddiug  ov%  a  ireird  pa^M  ifc  ^bju  Mntiy  1 
words  : 


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No  eye  loolm  <mt  ior  th»  nenrer.  i 

Oh»  sweefc  be  voor  al^ep,  loT»-^«weet  b«  yèor 

Ujiaertheblossoiaingolotrer  \\ 

The  sweet-flèented,  bee-Wimted  doverf 


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Her  Toioçi  died  awayalmost  like  a  aob. 
The  p«r  in  the  distant  corner  pansed  in  their  billûiff  and 
ooomg,  and  Aunt  Lydia  lobked  at  the  singer  in  pide  anxin 

wty.  '    ' ,     ■  s (^  -  ■  '^  '■ 

"My  dear,"  she  said,  **you  bave  chpaen  a  monrnfnl 
aoug,  and  your  singing  k  sadder  than  weeping.  I  think 
ïjmny  wUI  bave  tocoœe  and  gire  us.one  ofWjrattlinir 
polkagtodiapelonrmelanoholy.**:        -  ^     ^* 

"  "?  *^J®''y  comfortabte  wl^ere  I  ànî,  thani  you,  Auà 

**' nu 'f^°^  retorted,  nesïïmg alittlenapre camfortably 

Phil,  «and  I  don'fc  feel  in  tfie  leaat  mèlancholy. 

'•  «orne  Germah  waltees,  MagdaTèn,  and  don't  hôso 

r  :rT--'%  dismai,  if  the  honeymoon  18  over/'^ 

.  he  heiresa  kept  her  idol  by  her  side  dnring  the  wbole 

„  thtt  evening  and  did  her  test,  in  féminin©  j^hion^^^ 

wniig*  proposai  ont  of  him.  ^^~ 

t  V  f*»*f^«***?  "  ^^^  *"«  ^«  ^^  io  loy^  ''»«»  me.  in  thé 
aleigb,'*«ie  tiionght,  **but  atiU  he  didnt  aay  plnmp, 
*  Fanny,  will  yon  inarry  me  ?  '  I  wi«h  he  wonld^I^jaii 
I  don't  8ee  why  he  don't.  It  isn^t  ior  w«nt  of  ene^^ 
^nt^  goodnesa  kww»!'*  T      •  ^^  \ 

>  Which  it  eertw%  wié  ndtj  bnt  dl  tbe^oông  lady'a 
hrnts  and  iDigoaBi^  conld  not  indnoe  Doctôr  Bàr&one  to 
oome  to  the  point  thafc  fir«t  eyenijog, 
1  "  I  we  yçnr  drift  p«rfeotly  irell,  aj  4ear/iho«aid  %' 
mmm,  "  bnt  it  w»«fc  do*  •  If  thm^t^a  to  be  a  proposai  to- 
î^»*»  y<>n  ,tt»naÉ  make  Ifr  yourtt^E  Aunt  Lydia  and 
GeOTge  mH  kno#  well  ^aoMb,  no  matt^c  when  i%  cornes, 
that  »l^  yonr  Biity  thonaaBf  dx^Bw»  I  ^  mairying  ;  stiH, 

&f^Tb«  two 


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•rm  not  li^  to  lo»yw,  I  fancy.    -&» 

we»itoher 
yonng 


»tn  to  smake  »  oig^  it^&  the  frosty  ^p^mg. 


«AITD  YBT 


y  ON,  GO  Oir/'     188 


\ 


___**  Whai  the  deftoe  û  tlke  matter  with  yoiir  wife,  George  ?  " 

'  Jtèe  dootor  fiffid,  abrnptly  ;  **  that-pale,  melahoholy  faoe— 

•tibese  moàinral  Bongs  1    SIm  has  some  tronbje  on  her  mind 

«ind  she^  do  h^rseU  mtsehkf  brooding  over  îi.  '\  I  sappose 

«it'a  thfi^  nnpleaaant  bnBiB«88  of  Maurice  Langley  ?  "  ^    / 

**I 'suppose  it  ii,  haûg  hîm  î*^  George  answerecf,  with  a 
l^an.  '  **  I  oaght  toi  be  tho  happiest  and  Fm  the  most 
misérable  beggiur  àlive  !  I  believe  tbat  JohnstQne  is  at  th» 
bottom  of  it,  too.  Sfae  had  a  note  from  him^e  day  we 
kit  Washington." 
"  Ah,  she  had  ?  You  didn*t  see  it,  I  supposé'?  ** 
**  No.  She  réf  used  in  New  York  to  show  me  his  lettors, 
ànd  I  conld  not  ask  again.** 

It's  a  bad  business,  old  boy,f  Fhilâaid,^'when  awifè 
leceÎTea  letters  frobi  qther  meft,  and  won't  show  thetn  to 
hor  hûsband.  It's  a  blae  lookont  for  the  future  happmëHi 
of  tho  pa}^.  Snpposing  the  trouble  îs  conderning  tais  f^ 
kw  Langle^,  why  shonld  she  not  take  y<Ml  into  heréonâ- 
denoe as  s^e  yofuntarily  did  before  you,wé:ra  marrfed? 
How  îftive  you  forfeitedlier  trust  in  you  ?  '* 

"JËow,  mdeéd  I*    Heavèn  knows  L^hése  iroine»  are 

inserutrfîile,   Phil.     iJèfore   w©  w«^»arrîed^  Magdaîea 

Wayne  seemed  as  open  as  the  dàyr-iràim,  trumfnl,  €rnst- 

iHgv  oonfidingr-HBtorythïng  iromaia  Ihould  b0^    And  now 

•^and  now  a  gplf  yawns  liitweai  us  thàt  I  oannot  cross. 

S  hailNi  won  îi«r  omy  to  lose  her.    She  fe  u|»  yonder,  but 

she  n;âght  as  wellbea  thousand  miles  away—sti^  couldnoi 

befiimer.    IteHyou,  Phil,  there  lare  timos  when  tfait 

mysfoiy  and  seoteoy  nearly  drité  me  mad  1  "  '     ) 

«^It  wiU  drîTe  her  mad,  ^  die   iommi*t  trico  eare," 

,^tor  Barstone  answered,  céolly  ;  "  let  hor  brood  per- 

tuàlly  on^his  subject^let  het  linTid  her  morbid  mél$n- 

'    ^h&t'  Qnixotio    scheme  «if  venffeanoe — and  dheHl 

un  in  Bediam  before  she  kttôwslJK    I  âon't  wi|i)t  to 

you  needlessly,  my  dear  Oeh^^f^  bot  I  tell  you  youir 

'a  inipd  is  lu  a  bad  way.'*  ' 

A/yrtfe  T^!i(|Aved  fais  cigar  and  Ipokedatjthe  speaker  in 
horrcÉ.    \ 

*'.ï^t  4*!|iw  true,*'  tho  plSfyaicii 
**  she^l  Mcome  a  monomani 
here^  if  she  koeps  on  îilft  thr 
etèlp^  stratige  wm  she  meeta 
iio«adAt  m  t^letil  iioisier  tf 


^     arvwe  %|th  «l 
^  faiibV,'i>y  àrid" 
.urioe  iiangley. 
«monsed  you  of  iiie<oi|li^ 


T'^Vi  ,c,vW-*"  ^-'  il^\  : 


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îÊABBAimmmm. 


^d,  Boand  ateeper  as  jroa  aï-e,  I  don't  think  youllXp 

gnm  sort  of  satisfaction  as,  night   lamp  in   hand     he 
«oughthisdd  roo«î.    "If  4e  ^\j  tèefs  q^et  nitU  î 

nally  obhged  to  her.  Lbate  a^ne  as  I  hate~and.  bV^ 
George  Iwhat  a  scène  there  wonld  be  if  the  trnth  ever 
came  out  I  ni  propose  to  Fanny,  in  dneforni,  ina  week, 
and  marry  her^  and  saii  for  Europe  before  the  end  of 
mu  ,  ?  ™^*^ïy  ™®  td-morrow,  if  I  asked  her.^' 
Iho  week  of  probation  went  by  as  ail  weeks  go,  lone  or 
short  ;  and,  çerhaijs,  nnder  his  placid  exterior,  Doctor. 
Phihp  wûs  as  impatient  as  Miss  Winters  herself  to  brin* 

thecourtRhin  tn  Ahe^H       li^oUn^  y.U«r«-i j  i-_i.  i_   _^  *> 


the  courtship  to 
andj>ontedi   '  ' 
it  air  Philii 
by  moonlig 
her  songg  a__ 
did  not  propose 


»d.     Fanny  chafed  and  lost  hey  temper 

|d  and  made  un  agàiu  ;  but  throngh 

|smoked  serenely  and  walked  with  her 

fend  drove  he*  abont  and  listened  to 

Ir,  and  was  faithful  to  liis  word.     He 

_.       j.^„^  ^j;il  thé  time  fie  had  appointed.  and. 

perhaps,  Fanny  ueyèr  counted  a  longer  week  thii  that 

week  of  waitmg,  m  ail  her  future  life.  -  "* 

Bat  the  days  were  long  and  the  impatience  of  another 

waiter  more  intense  than  her  own.     It  was  a  period  of  al- 

MîJ^îiîu^l.™  w\'°!PS"f  ***  Magdalen.  \*^hy  did  not 
J^ilhe  Write?  Why  did  he  ûot  corne?  How  could  he 
leave  her,  with-lwr  terrible  secret,  so  long?  She  longed 
for  the  end  to  come—thè  bitter  end— anything  was  better 
than  the  life  she  led  nowi    That  end  came  very  soon. 


(mAlVERX:^!.  • 

THB  tULL  BllilO^»  THE  él^Àk.      ' 

,  Ph?mp  BABSTOsrB  liad  been  eight  days  at  Golden  Wiï^ 
^Avs  and^ihp  Barstone  had\not  proposèd.  I  ihîïikJCisa. 
Wmtefs  «=roraé  fiprw  t^  aggrîeved:  Mis»  "Wîntert 
was  aggrieyed— annoyed  —  indignant.  When  a  géotle, 
jaan  pnta  hïs  arm  around  yonr  waisfcin  a  sleigh  the  fiisfc 
taime  h©  meets  you  and  kissesyou  and  *»y8,  f*Oh.  Fantît  1^ 
fanny  I  Fanny  l"  in  that  toûe^veÛ,  Ee- onght  W  iJm 


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5?«ninff8  iMUsed  andstfll  that  obatinate  young  doctprlrom 
New  York  had  not  said,  «*  MiBsWinteM,  wi^ycm  do  me 
thehonor  to  beoomè  my  w^fo  ?**  .J^m^-^..^.- 

He^esoorted  her,  with  th©  politenesa  ojflRhaiterfield*  ' 
to  and  Irom  Millford,  and  made  a  markyHbf  hiniBeli  byl 
"oin^  do  io  ;  for,  being.an  indolent  young  man,  he  hated 
walkmg,  while  asaunter  of  aix  miles  or  so  wÀ»  nothing  to 
nia  energeticlittle  oompanion.     v 

^He  drove  her  about  the  conntry  in  that  dear  li^î^ ihell. 
thaped  sleigh  ;  he  stood  by  the  piano  when  she  played  and 
■ang,  and  victimiaed  himaelf  again,  for  he  was  fastidioug 
«nd  hyperoritioal  in  musical  matters,  and  Fanuj'g  di». 
0ordant  chofdé  set  his  nerves  on  edge  flfty  times  a  day. 

He  lay  atfnll  length  npon  the  sofas,  on  cold,  blusterinir 
jays,  jmd  read  her  Tennyson  and  Owen  Mereditb  î  Itopaïd  ' 
her  compliments  î  he  gave  her  his  pioture  :  he  improved 
herwaltwng;  he  did  everything,  in  fact,  but  what  sho 
wauted  him  to  do^come  to  the  point,   s 

Life  had  gone  back  ^ry  muotf  to  its  old  routine  at 
Uojden  Waiows.  George  was  immersed  in  business  whiokx 
Jad  acôumuhited  during  his  absence,  and  spént  his  days, 
fi-om  early  morning,  and  sometimes  lateinto  the  night,  afe 
MUlford.  He  bore  bis  trouble  with  a  brave  patience-^ik 
was  a  case  in  which  he  oonld  do  nothing  but  wait. 

Time  might  dispel  the  mysterious  olond  that  had  corne 
between  him  and  the  wife  he  loved.  He  would  «ive  her 
time,  not  harass  her  with  ûuestions  j  iii  the  peace  and 
calm  of  their  pleasant  homp  this  abnormal  state  of  thinn 
Would  not  last,  He  was  véiy  tender  and  gentle  and  lov- 
ing—more  „than  he  had  been  even  in  the  sunny  days  of  bis 
w<M)iijg--and  there  was  a  yearning,  wistful  light  in  the 
eyes  that  sougl^tjers  every  evening  npon  his  rebum,  m 
Joped  forsome  sudden  change— sotoe  sudden  transition 
toherold8etf->but  what  he  looked-  for  did  not  cbme. 
He  fouad  her,  evenmg  «fter  evening,  ta  he  had  left  h« 

gartt  weannesa  in  the  large  gray  eyes.  . 

Ji^'^i  hearfrom  Wifîie  to^ay,"  wm  Magdalen^  finfe 

waking  thongiit  each  morning.  v^^,        ■ 

^  But  the  days  passed,  as  days  of  tWùble  aii4  hm^ 

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'n  wiU  bava  *  kM  it-mànoif/'  in^  her  ^^tàm 

0^»  thosedraaiT,  looUtf  niffbl»  wben  ahelay  rtiurkaw»k» 
<— thinking — ^tbinkingi — ^antirBM|d]Uill#«oald  bave  boen  « 
Telief  I  iTo  wonder  abf  °  Aw<4»i^^^^|p^«Qd  boUoir-ejed 
èaob aoniiBg;^    ^.  ■>' ■■^^••v„        . >-;,•■•,-""''■■'  ■  ■■■-■■  ■  •,■■< ■.; 

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gUid  sparkle  had  Utt  the  dark  eyeà—tbe'golden  ligitt  bad 
îlded  from  the  yellow  hair..  Stately  and  fair«he  atûl  was  ; 
bat thetfco». .was  like  a  face  oarred.  in  marble,  and  tba 
faint  8^nt»i^iat  oarae  andwent  àt  ràre  intenUs  was  oold 
|»;lilst>aIHd  Btariight  g^tttering  on  snow. 

**Whj  does  be  not  write— wby  does  bè  not  «ome  f  * 
ihe  oried  put,  inwardljy  insnddenwildparoxysmsolpain  ; 
;^Uiiother    week    of    this    borriUe    waiting   wiU    kill 
me!"  *^ 

Yonsee,  If  yoaor  I,  tny  brotber,  were  going.  to  hé 
banged,  we  wonld  like  tbé  day  to  daim,  and  tbe  knot  fixed 
nnder  oarleft  ear^^im^^  cap  pnltel  down,  and  the 
signal  gl'fén,  anrd  tb^^tB^Ètesant. rfittfé  t^ieratioii  over  «s 
soon  M  migbt  be.  To  baye  died  there,  loTÎngand  b^loved, 
witb  Oeorge  kaôeKng  ip  white  deipair  bv  ber  bedside^ 
#onld  bafaJb««n  l)Ii8s  incomparison  intti  wbat  mnst 
jpome  soon  ;  bai  it  mast  (iome,  and  the  iooiter  tiie  fiital 
boMcur  was  oter  tbe  betten 

The  funily  «t  Oddeii  Willows  watobed  ^  iiew<«UKl0 
bride  and  saw»  olearlr  enouj^,  i^e  was  k  «omegreat 
trouble.  Annt  I^dia  îodked  at  ibe  wan  yonng  fase  an4 
sad,  sad  eyes  in  wigtfoLyogtider  «ttd  neat  s6m»w« 

"Wha|  ean  it  be?»  she  tiioii^  "jb  it  GeorgiTa 
fralt?  »ar«ly  no— Geoige  is  ail  mortal  ihan  oa|i  m-»-- 
Aûtbfnl^  loTing.  gentle.  It  is  ibàt  ^  tiPoable  renéwed 
«gain^^bat  fc^Iisb  tow,  wbicb  I  Eoped  &m  wonld  foa»t  I 
li  is  no  groondlees.  girlisb  sentiaienl^litT,  whateyer  it  magr 
be,  and  jGf«oi^e  is  fretting  biintelf  to  àsbadow/* 

8he  apoketo  tbeyeffiigman  oneerenjng.  Jfebad^ciMB» 
tefeydb»  reeairTi^n'binietttHrj^  <r  be"'iôw*jirii»fc  ^ 
bow  sbe^wàSj  and  as,  be  leaned,  tired  md  dei^mdent, 
agaînat  tbe  mantel,  staring  gloomily  into  the  flre^  Annt 
iTdia's  hsaii  aohed  Iw  hoi^  £oj. 
>  George,  taj  dear.^ehesdyf»  '^T  WMtt  t»  msak  to  jo« 

•^thatfWSsiuradbsf  sa  f  m^km^^Êm.mm^ 


"•  1* 


», 


Gjjft^ipfcéd.    Tliéw  wew  timë§  irtien  hk  tnmUa 
nemed  almort  oiore  than  he  oould  bear.  ^""  ""  «woi» 

•nd  yet  I  know  «agdalen  Io>q.  von  w  ^W  i?«7^°  ^i 

"8?^!?*  *"Ci4  *^«  day  she  married  yoô  ;  but  I  be- 
lî^îifef  "'*  tbink  you  bayé  wronged  h  J  ib  ioml  w^^ 
ïwuh  yon  wonld  tèll  me  hoir  and  wbea  tkj»  chaûW'S 

United  a  hnfbM^  and  irîfe  aa  Kew  iSï  held,    jK  ^ 

Bjejn  th«  a^jM^n,  the  chimge  that  puwlei  *hd  myï 
tified  tbem  ail  >w  tbere.    lïlat  had  haMMS^  in  âe 

«  *i5*î  "^^îfi^i/  ^^  BaiBtcme  imid,  thonébtfiiïh; 
Lf?  ^^yj^^^}f^  i»  notaeoretiTe  natwâl^; 

Hç  «ho  giTen  yon  no  inkliog  whabjyer  of  Ihe  thxttf  r^ 

kîw*^^"^*  lÀng%î  In  aoino  way  ô>  ofchSÎ 
kflr^^tl''^®****,'?®  ^»*^  ihat  wretofaed  bttrin«M.    t 

.^*<^nnicto  |on  1^  ttmt  mort  miamOiIa  abat  P    Mt 


•>.   f> 


■fi9i 


■>t;st^ 


%9» 


:-<;>»  "r:.*** 


UA.anAXJox'B  yotr. 


fa  N«ir  York--»  diftaiit  rdatiTo,  ihe  told  me,  named  John- 
«ton^wUo  wntea  to  lier  snd  whom  she  met  one  evonin 
on  fcbe  stireet.    Phfl  saw  thém  tofféther.    Vthù&wér  t 
Johnktone  may  be,  I  believe  he  «the  cause of  ail 
trouble.**  ,. 

«'^areToaseen  hislettersr*'  '  ' 

.   "^No  ;  Bhe  ref  lised  to  aho  w  them.    That  ià  the  worgt  of 

îr .  iJ^^?*^  "^'  ^?*y  "7  ^^  «^^^  *o  yon,  Aunt  Lydia, 

bnt  Phil  kbowB,  and-<and  I  onght  to  baye  no  sebrets  ftom 

,yon,  who  bave  been  more  to  me  than  a  mother.    I  wisb 

you  wonld  speak  to  her— sbe  always  lored  yon,  and  to  yoa 

aheseemâ  stiU  nnoban^ed.    Who  knows  ?    Sbe  ia  immil- 

Bive--m  one  of  tbose  imenhùve  moods  sbe  may  tell  yoa 

.whatall  thU  wretobed  mystery,  tbat  is  driying  me^alf 

m&a,  means.    It  wonld  be  easier,.  I  tbink,  to  lose  my  da?- 

Img  by  death— mine  still,  ason  mywedding  day-tbaa 

to  lose  her  m  life  flke  this  I  ** 

Again  silence  f ell.  Tbe  'speaker's  Toiœ  was  hnfeky  and 
not  to  be  trasted  too  far.  Aont  Lydia*i  heart  yeamed 
oyer  her  hwr  sbe  could  baye  taken  bim  in  b^  arms,  a« 
in  bis  cbil^bood,  and  comforted  bim  in  bis  grief.  Bat  • 
demonstrabon  was  not  in  ber  .way^W  yoioewasyerr 
qaiet  when  sbe  spoke.  ^      il^V 

"  I  will  speak  to  her,  Oeorffô.  inJHpô  sbe  will  teU 
me.    Keep  np  beart—trust  m  Go4;--all  will  yet  be  welL** 

Annt  aiid  nephftw  parted.  Geor^  desoended,  feeling  a 
littlé  more  bappy  after  this  oonfidéntial  tàlk.  '  Hope  oam» 
easily  to  sanguino  George,  and  he  knew  yaiy  little  médium 
between  tbe  an<ftitsummiib|  hope  and  tbe  black  de^tha 
of  despair.  He  was  on  the  top  of  on^  or  ^e  iottrât  <ji 
the  otheiN  at  a  moment's  notiQe.  '     'n.     ,  ^r 

Magdalén  sat  at  the  pUno,  pîatin|  ioltly,  betwee^&e 
liçbts^  8low,Tnelanohdy  mnsio  of  Mo«art*s.    The  FebmEr, 
wind  whistled  in  shrill  giists  aroand  the  gables,  tbe  treea 
wnthed  ««ainst  thé  low,  lèaden  sky. 

Tberedooal  fl»é  lit  j»  the  room  withadnH,lnridgIow. 
iiow  leayiîi^  tbe  fij^re  at  the  piano  in  OarkneM,  now  Ught> 

iDg  sôftly,  sat  Hiss  Wmters  and  Ddotor  Barstone—thfl 
yonug  lady  spléndid  of  attir«>,  as  nsual,  and  oeaselnÉ^ 
*  tongue.       ^ 

^'^^^/^'»^^rjitahj,  ^  hmig  dey^y^ly  oyer  th« 
&airof4iiiJoan.    Do  yiw  kûow^  Fanhy^  Il  i&ttt*  n* 


ê 


-    r" 


9' 


ont  of 

isfrom 
I  wisti 
toyott 

>U  yoii 

»y  dar- 
— thaii 


'  m 


tas,  as        ;^ 


Bat 

«verj 

II  teU 

welL»» 

toant» 
adiniïi 

«'"II* 
figbti. 

H— tllfi_ 

>r  II» 

i  mi 


i 


^ÏT;i*&~'ï*^?**«»  bowet«r;  or  do  *^*^ 


é 


2«^«''J5j'«"*r'*  ï^™^  •"»«»  DQwever;  or  do  Ton  thhik 
*'  S2  .Sl^i'  Ki^'««^«  *°™*»d  «P  in  New  Vork  and 
*ïî*  *"®^"  i«»ïon«*    George  iras  on  &e  vewe  of  madn^ 

àway  from  George  aa  maofa  as  posaible,  and  loolï  at  wS 

whaf  8  the  matter-,  but,8omeBow,  Ican't.  ■  Shëîjp'tthi 
•ortof  perSon  one  oan  «ay  eTsrythinff  one  like».to  8h« 
«m  keep  one  ofif  when  sbe  cboieâ.  Vd  Bbe^uSi  to  bî 
jepr  fond  of  George,  too,  thoogh  Fm  sure  I  doi^fc^^ow 

SvtWw  r^ri  ^H^*ï«^«"«  ï«»d  »ndney^r«3î 
•nytbing  bnfc  ■Inpîd^bwr.  books.  and  emokes^asty  bSck 

i?u^  ?°1'^  *»'«»  handaand  feet  I    I  don't  «linf  â^n 
te  h^  faalt,  beoaaae  it's  quft»  ridicnlona  tbe  wày  he  iSïï 

aeep  «gh.    '/ 1  abonld  nofc  treat  tbem  in  the  acomfol 

fceoHM,  et  thèm  be erer ao  amiable.    H I  iJereWrriSd^ 
-  «.11??  ''J'/*"^  l.*»»''  tWA  jon  weuM.  '  8he  hn   ^ 


iSr^^ï  Vhat  wonid  yon  baT» P^  _^ 


Yo*-^  îîn  *^!5r?K'"  ."\*i  PWwjr^tt  knowyoïraonti 
ïott  aakl  yon  did  tbe  night  yon  oain^  and  I-~r  balin*»! 

uo^  yoa  nnght  •âmm  a»,    lfji|âiil«ii  iiai^  léd  jûu 


m 


Jf  AGDALBirS  VÀWl 


admire  lier.  Pm  «nre  yoti're  alwat»  ïoèlriog^^er  wh«n 
•be  dœsa  t  see  yon,  and  lutening  whén  she  tiUks  and  mrtgs, 
aod  apeakiûff.to  ber  when  «helî  speak  to  you  (whioh  i8n*k 
often).  I  do  belieye,  Phil  Bar9tonvyoa*re  half  in  lore 
wifchyonrooii8m»8  trifel**  *- 

Jfisa  Winters'wes  flâsherthronjrh  ttf^tJHght.  Thw 
little  thwm  had  been  rankling  in  her  ijreast  for  the  paat 
fcur  di^B,  and  she  felt  oon8ideraHy--*>^9r  now  that  she 
liaditoiit.' 

."  My  dear  Httie  Fanny,"  PhU  said,  rather  snrprised  ait* 
»«  Jo»li«  lady'sjljharpaightodness,  '*  and  you're  a  victim 
to  the  green-eyed  moàster  I    My  dear,  yon  do  me  too  mnén 


,^. 


any  osner  mans  ,wlie*  And  1  told  yon  „«*wx«,  * 
didn't  affect  tall  vomen  nor  pide  veHow  hair,  nor  big, 
«»y»  solemh  eyes.  tord  Byron  might  hâte  daitipy  women 
—ne  did,  T<m  remember— bat  nobody  pays  any  attention 
to  him  or  his  sayings  nowadays.  And  itV  éf  no  use  eaying 
nobody  «ares  for  jou,  beotiBse  I  oare  for  yon  very  mnch-^ 
somnoh,  ti!i^.dearlît49edarHiigFànnj'*-«h^  DbotovPhilîp 
possese»d  htœself  otbnetihnbbvpalm— «Uhatlife  wtthont 
Ijan  wiH  ^  a  waste  and  howlingwilderness.  Fanny,  I 
'  i^.olwe  ww  t    Might  I~may  J-*dare  I  ask  you  to  be  my 

At  hwt^^  lagt  tt  had  ootne  V  lÉÉË^tMdfely  repressed  a 

»i|eream  o|  delight  ;  btrt  George  aï^l«§îalen  were  o?ef 

tiiere,  and  raie  only  gave  one  gasp— onegasp  of  pnie  jov— • 

and  said;  .        >  '' 

"Oh,  Phai»» 

*|YeB^  I  thîSk  I  bave  heard  yoii  make  that  T( 
WSP*L  ^  adore  y<M>,  Fanny  !    I  wotship  you-~-upon  m$ 
-iwaWlïondr^  I  ^  I    Siiy— oh  fay,  deatest,  yon  will  ba 
mine?**.  *'  i      >    ;-=-* 

The  last  sentebeé  feonnded  rathier  Lord  Mortimerish. 
Fhil  hadà^^^eidea  thât  he  had  read  it  somewhere. 

■Fasi^^^nifik'anetbwr-gssp}  aadwonld  hare  plttmpîKtte^  ' 
his  arms^  bnt  Phtt  oaught  her  otht^  podgy  palm  aad  heÛ^ 

:  '*No^  don%  Fan  :  tltey^lsae  yea^  «nd  ir«*f©  nol  im&inft 
loje  on  jthe  stage,  jrhere  speqtators  are  alloweâ.  «  ^ntt  tti^ 


J*-A 


V 

î 


'# 


0mark\      "^ 


èlifte 


V.L" 


iw  didn't  cure  for  nw,    ' I  tlwo^t  yen  wbnl4fflS«a^^^ 

amy  you  abould^have  it,  eveiy  cent,    À^d  §  yoS^adS 
asked  me,  I  w^^hérè  lived  and  dW^old  SSâ-^nd 

'&«?r"'  »^^  V^«  ^J<^  ot  béanx  eveiiîneel\ô 
Mmj  legacy-.real  mce-ieHows,  tob,  d^wn  in  Millford-- 
«id  I  ne«în^t  be^n  ejd  maid,  if  I  likeT^lJf  fiSî^ 
Jîaton  to  tbepi  for  a  minnte,  beçanse  I  loved  von     Atil 

«nd  enjoy  oorçelm  an*  **,  JP^  f  PM  i  Cffi  f i 
happieatgirlaliTel'*      w  ?»^«»*  «««» 

And  hère  Misa  Wintew  was  groinig  ÎTysterfcal/  «Éid 
ti^ere  w  no  teUing  how  the  «ce4)B^1  hare  endS,  SS 
for  the  timely  entranoe  of  a  h^^«hHth  bmpaT     - 
PhU  dreira  Wl)real*^f  çSSr^   >  ^ 

**^hank  Ood  ]»  àe  ôaid,  inwardly.     « T  tiioniht  sBe  i 
ir^??5  to  'an  infco.myann.on  âe  spot.     Iffdo^' 
^ke  a  IitQe  otthia  guahing^nt  of  yon  when we'wj married 
my  name'ano^jBar&tone.''  •«•«*ww, 

Ji&V  ^"  a  loud  knock  ai  the  honae  door.    It  waa  a 

^  ^i^J^/îu'"""  ^*^°^'  •"^^  ï^^w  PhiUp  ânnwg^ip 
0tm  anairered  the  sammons.  *    *^ 

Tbe  j»o»tinaii.  from  HiUloid  atood  Mom  him~  with  ft 
letfcer  m  hw  handr  '     ^  * 

•nd  f^^JlSf^  S^Um^"  he  «aid,  «nd  gan>  the  lètter 

The  yonng  dpotor  took  it  into  the  drawing-roe».    It 
m  fdàresaed  ma  mascnline- jaiad,  wiSi  Ah^oon- 

^  «?''*'  i***'  ^"^  Barrtoçe,"  he  aa^»  Inâiding  it  te  bar. 
at  tbe  pianoj  «mpersçription  nppènnoet 

ïrè^ïL^*  •tœdbehind  ber  ob«r..  B» aair  ^«HwO^ 


gn». 


«noe  left  the  k^        '  ûnniedly,  as  éhe  arog^  and  «ft 


•M, 


€t 


D.AB  M|&ai>_  ■  :''^■"'p'»^^     i«; 

for  Bomething  a  great  deal  nwre  dreSîri?  «E?« -^^5?^^ 

oflSoe,  wly  to-morirowi  tellW  m©  wiiâh  «,iS  WkL^T" 
£-*  yo«.    ni  lu«ig^bo»tfhrofiS?aU%^'ï^on^ 

WILUE.*' 


'   V 


OHAPTBB  XXli 

J?HB  OLD  MlUt  BT  THE  BIY^ 

ten~long  pMt  lier  nsnal  time-bnfc  her  oonTewati^  îf^ 
Oeofge  Eaâ  banished  ail  prêtent  dwîroCÏÏèeD^Ki 
J»t ^sher  great  chair  before  theiS,  mî!^^'^S^t 

Kaà: 


-^^ww,  g«nwe as  sue  baâ Mœ^fl» ioimd^"erirt3*«^ 

1;^!»  <3l«orge  says,  it  û  «orne  notr  tronWe  a£)ti4 
.^li«ii  Bke  iold  the  irhole  lAmy  befo^  heraS^  p 


•G 


.;'t' 


»nny,  in   .    \ 

K>ked  at 
«rell  ag 


t» 


,-34«n-' 


Thewinw^atojrâithMoo^  l  ^^ 

^^ann^:7n  a'i^^^^i^^"  V^ohe   a,3wered.    And 
.hershooldem.  "'''''  *^'  Wlmg  m  a  P^famed  obwd  orï, 

«•IfPsabontheîdimpledS^^^  ''?*»*  of  them- 


"» 


*»nio  ;  80  i've  corne  An  tilii  V    '?,  *^î  ®^®'  »"««  ber  latter 

ti|  àli;W  Fannyv;nl.t^ 

hitherto  8hXhad™i,bled^2îf^°*^  ?**"®*  *«  hèr>  bnt 

litae  fr«ok&Td/l?^^^^  ï^\î«Mi  bi? 

the  last  joaSg  lady  hrwoniyîL    ï^  ^*^®  "**«»  «boS 


•■  «  *«i  r»*  «M  fl,^^'  I  feel  j«.t  wild 


w 


ri» 


i^ 


fh-'.  ' 


MAOïkà|ilN%  VOm 


•Qf hfc  to  be  ^hHOwd  of  hmmUtl  Wo^m  week  her^  eîUier. 
«sharne!  a^ghamel  ftsililmet'*  / 

break  Biy.heart  if  hf  nuurmdaiiTMy  eiael  1  wiah  I  bad 
mtirmUmi;  instoad  ofnxtijr  tLoduand,  aobemlgbthiiYe 
it  att.l  Ob,  aimti*  !  Ho  aiM^e  w,bew»iïfal  l  He  aaid 
he  kûew  he^waa^  uiiv^d^l  ;  Ihat  he  loyed  m  ^  wôtt  fo 
Mk  iM  to  be^hismfo  wbile  I  waa  poor,  for  waa  he  d<* 
poOT»  U»  ?  and  ih»t  tbé  wjiâle  «m  ot  bis  lif e  aboulâ  be  U> 
ttake  me  haçpj.  A»d  b*  aaked  me  when  I  would  marw 
«w»»»»»dl8aia  jastaasoaiiaaefeitbftliked." 
'' Toa  àaid  tbi^  ?  "  - 

*  "  01  oonrae  I^id  I  ft'wadiaié  trntb,  yoù  tiMw.  And 
▼e  are  goiM  tp  be  maït wd  early  îil  March,  àùd  ml  rîsbi 
ftww  for  Baro^.     Wou't  that  be  lovely  ?    And  ob,  I  feel^ 

î!*THÈ:^i^*»^«*^^*'»<>*<»  «»tl»ï    And  b«j»an 
4DgeI^4^É«^^  say  a  vom  âgainathim;  Annt  Lydia-4»te> 
M^-^nd  I  worshiït  tbe  Téry  gronnd  be  walka  <m  !    T  lef*»* 
Iwm  ooiwAokinv  w»Ui  Qaçitgt^  now,  and  I  bad  to  corne  in 
«nd  teU  yott,  becanse  I  coaldn't  keep  it  lait  mornoïK. 
M»v^«^  yott  wwifc  to  «p  to  bed,  dear,  datling  aontie,  fo   ' 
I IT  ran  away  and  sexulSfisaQ,    rwisb  yoii  were  «a  bappy 
.aa  I  an^  b^jfej;  kno#  tt^^  no  itftS^x&dafià  that.    No  o£k 


•m*  b^jfel  knov  i^^  no  „ 
on  earth  couIâ  bft  1    Qood  nigbt» 


thati    Ho  ône 
«Bd  pieaae 


visbnainf. 

'Mïod>fe»yon,  iny  poor  cbildl'*^  Annt  I^di»  «aW; 
jUb  »  bappy   mgli.    *<1  bop^I    bope   yo7  may  be 

"  Hope  ^  mîgbi  be  JM^py  !»»  Mtti  WlÉI^  amiled  to 
h«e^at  tbe  tbpngl^j^rfttle  tbriU.  ^Ti^tom  froS^ 

^d  âûd  Qeopge  aaying  good  night  and  depârting  to  tb«ir 
»««*»^  «^  aDb«r.beart  tbirOledat  tbe  aoafid  of  heridol'a 

,  Iw^f^iriiog  1*^  ahe  vhRpenâ.    «î 
^Jtbi^  I  might  be  with  yoa  «gain  l  ** 
t4Mt8  UMMk  one  he#d  that  tosBod  npon  aÂ^. 


,  ,^iss:f »t*^. 


hÉ^!B*£^jBrtLjaa^i3 


\::- 


M 


.j'"' 


^. 


gj«1«»d-  not  ntansd  ta  tli.  j^S'    ""*  ■"  •■  «|pi»ta. 

inwit  Jfr.  JohuSœ*  Fil  UÂfî:  "f^f.  «><l  wkw  Ton 
Jmother  m3„  M^frLÎî*  iîPt  «m  ta  Sm^S 


"<     .l'a 


^^.iï^%E' 


196 


X!*^*  MafWea  ougKt  toéave  it,  fOTÛn'fc  «hiTHL 
Jn.t  oompîetiDg  lh«r  honeymoon  P    They  wf  biîdi^^ 

^rL?3^?^*  ^'^'^r-«»'»ioyfi  theiMiscomûtnre. 

^f^mSoh.^^  '^^     If.  abo.t-this 

-i«™5r*^^-  ^^"'^  ^  ^A*»"»**  imdeirtand.    Haa  Rum^e^^ 
«wn©  t©  ftiQt  m  any  way  ?  **        1  ^  *r¥| 

--^i^l^^iî^J^"^^  V^i^k.    It^not  possible,  PWi;  yoiT 

to  which  y^  alla49,  ia  it  ?    My  good  annt.  it  ig  ooitonoL 
^îgWmte»  said  yee  npon  tho  spot*         ^^      ' 
2«ïï^î»Sî  ®  ?•**?  baael  eyea  tbàl  Aunt  Lydia  bad  oftea 
^^irl  «^'^*«»<^y  ft' TOïffoaofc  woold  be  ^«ally 

jLÎS^/"*^^"^  ^^  for  h6r  f ortrae,  ùt  eaniUt*' 
^^tly. 

r-^»barlady,  no— not  at  ail.    fieally,  snob  idaW 
» pèrqoB,  1  beliere^  ••  it  «in  tbe  ttsfcàra  ol  liltib 


'"^jh 


--< 


1^ 


■:jr-^- 


•ks 


%. 


Itia  OU)  ïau,  BTlâB  BIVEB.  l»j(. 


J  ■  1> 


loTeayoa  «o .         .     . 


Znh^%^^^^'    i  °»n«t  be  a  faacinatriig  fôUoir;  no 
*i.r5ï**  ^*"**  "  y«^'*'  bû»^  nepheiK  anawewd.    «  Ton  am 


>*-r*Af 


IM 


il  i* 


'^***riÎ3Çï*^?**"^  fonder  àt  loor  repeaUat  prodkid 
Aww*  «««'t  jott  ?  €^i^rae  bas  married,  witl»  yob 
iaU  apBrobatiott,  a  tàU,  tUtehr  joung  ladj,  withcnta 
fennj  to  btets  herieU  witii,  who  oomeato  job  iindera 
l^laenuM,  atkd  irhoM  «elaliTis,  so  fur  «s  «ta  oan  heac 


-,  8R 


,!^Î^P?'.'jSi^-£."'y 


freeoan- 

--  — ^ — ™  —  manrj  jour  wMà,  yoa  will 

»proY«  or  not  as  yoa  see  fit  ;  Imt— fghaU  marry  her  ail 
ieBame.'^ 

Tbegieua^infeJff  1innmciy«i>  tbe  hard  oompreaiiaii  of  ^i^,;»^ 
bu  mttaiolwd  moath,  vere  verj  faàuHar  to  Anat  Ljdia.  ^^^ 

"i,n*^*  ?o*^?»in|r  more  to  sày/'abô  anawerad,  quiotly.  i^® 
"  If  Goorg»  hai  bJieii  my(laT<Hnto,  yoa  know  whoee  fadJt    ^  %^ 
»  has  lleen^altn."  ^  ^ 

"Mittfl^  «f  cooiie.  -Uwé  I  àot  aaid  ao  f  Hava  I  not  '  •  ° 
•wiiÉd  to  l)^g  «lie  Uaok  ahet^  pf  ibe  flook  ?  I  doa^.«i;&sÉî 
«««àplaiii^  Yôa  arâ  qaite  right,  aa  yon  alvaya  are  a  ooly 
Ibopo yon  wflï permit mnny  to be  jnarried  froni  Qioldea 
ïi^^*'*^  oatwardfel^  leçat,  witii  yonr  approbafion." 
NMiaa  Baratone  beat  bef  b«aâ.  Therewaaàpaoae.  Her 
«i«n^  ^«  trerefiied  aipottif^  Dmbe^  iM>Id,  ba^d,  baadi- 

1.  *^^.^H.*<>,*«^  yP«v*^«**^  ™»^«^8^^ 

Bke.**' 
'' Botter  lèsf^ 

**  It  is  4oncernîîfcg  yonr--yoar  wifet** 

Fbtlip  Barstone  u^oed  aton  bcr  iâniosl  àéroely; 

'♦  mmiia  l  *»  btawîL^M*What  wife  ?  I  bave  no  wila  t*? 

<*  I  ini«n  yoor  iate  w^  Wtere  did  «be  die,  E 


^SMŒn^  darkima  tbat»  i&t iare  tkbèt,  oTeïaliÉdovQà  tl» 

tw'a  aalloir  faw,  oteii^^owad  it  now.  _^_-  1    Ji 

^doyônmwS%iq»iskiilgoffi^î^1ieaémaia^^  , 

««j^ï^ï^M  wtoaaitT.    "  (Wra  bad  to  bring  up       iaœ  J 

wmNe#York,  andnowyottdo.    WbatdoeUb^       Bl 

^«riilLtoleam  aboat  harf    la  it  ttot  aaffieient  io 

iaé'ia  daad,  vitiioBt  draggiag  W  oatot  berj 

.  •«NT»  oaâaàÎQB.    I  tatT  ^  f  wonV  Iwra  it  l' 


a  qaoBttoa  irbicÀ,  perbaps,    yoïk^woii't 
it  onaaked,  th<m,>  my  dear  i^lit'' 


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WiU  tlHii  iât^mf   Kow,  lef a  drof  «hé  gablaâfc  at 
«noe,  jànd  fora?er.  . 

B»took  oat  itis  handfcétdiiflf  ttnd  wiped  iiis  iloe,  HpoQ 
Whidi  great  drops  stood. 

Hiss  fiantone  Bftfe  iookii^  »t  him  in  nraie  iiniaie.    ' 

,*'l  beg  yoQi!  pardon  fiar  tliis  nolenoé/'  he  ndd,  «fter» 
moment^  "l}àt  Xiisto  to  look  baek-^X  ^iMe  to  tbinki^  ^ 
that  hori'îble  liiixie/  /Do  ypn  supposé  it  caa  bs  pleiaiu&t  to 
xecall  the  œad  foUy  of  a  inad  woA  reckleaa  yonth  ?    I  am 
doing  loy  but  <f}»l^^mm^  iead  the  sort  «f  life  I  trA,  _ 
to  faeaT«ii  I  had  leMpK  and  {  «anl  to  forgè#  tite  xw^^^ 
foHy  of  past  ycaii^B  i  can.    Yod  haTenV^oirait  te    " 
Banny  of-^f  this,  surely  ?  ** 

<*J5o  yoq  tfaink  I  ahoold  tidt  speak  of  ibl''  fait  anat  h., 
«i&ed,  gravoly^ «'or lii|« allé  not  the ^^ to know ?«  «^ 

*'8he  haa  lio  nght  ta4lioir|  it  ««&  ia  ao  wiae  affeot 
her.    I  éeny  that  «ny  mia's  «ilë  Sïa  aiqr  ooneem  with 
hia  paat«   Iièt  him-b^  faithfiil  to  her  ;  the  neet  «ntotiiig 
wifecaii  iiM)nire^iu>  mofa.    I  à&a%  anppoae  Qeom  hM  * 
taken  Magdaleo  into'  bis  coufidenoe  àboat  thàt  |i((ile  Upra  ^ 
of  bis,  paat  and  gono.    H©  s»y8,  and  rightiy,  it  is  Àotb^   • 
toher.    îCo  more  it  ia^iio  ikUNre  k  luypait^to  F^ny. 
Ko»,  Annt  Lydia«  1  refase^îr&it  oty  jenfi^ion  to  jnform 
b«r  of  thls.    She  wonid  be  iu»i;aLthe  baro     lor  knÀjrioj^ 
andnow,  as  I  am  going  wfth  hetr  to  MiÛford,  ï  vill  ta!»» 
msïmÊ^  if  yoa  hâte  qnite  fiaiahml  whait  yo«  M&t  far  ma 
lo.aajr^^  .  ■  ■'> 

Dootor  Philip's  haste,  hower«iv  m»  byvo  mtatm  npon 
fanny'aiieoowiit^    Be  h«d  âel^Mteioad  tovateh  Miiaââ«n 
cloaelt,  aoBlethiiigJoorr than  «luioai^  W giBtii^Mw 
aUke  hère.    Il  ifâi  past  teit,  by  hia  iratob,  «s  hadeanaiepl 
tbe  alati»  and  enoeuiitered  Fànny  ia  the  lower  hiB,  éié.    . 
iniat  the duU pro^MMït trithottl.  ^j    \. 

-^/'^OÎK  yott  haye  made  yoiir  eacape  I"  Miaa  WintanTM^   '!? 
•dvaiiouig  t«  amet  him.    **  l  theôght  Jfamt  ~    " 
to_ki  *■'  '       "  *  '    " 

aie 


**  IWtt,  yea— I  beHeve  yw«r 
thoUiiigliC  yon  waotld  tg  ||o  to  H 
^i^aaaëd  f    Chi--4iarry  «p,  likt  a 
*  i  smelf  for«|feah lupp^  <^ti 
)  h%  yott  ti^?Mite .  4mh  np  ^ 


«rt^ 


Ino 


KAODALÏBSr'â  VOW. 


,T) 


thatletter  Blie  gol  laat  nigBt-to  her  old  nurse,  œoat 


likely.  But  she^said  she  wonld'be'back'breÎOTen.  at 
latest  ;  80  oome  mto  %hp  Vm|tliiat-room  and  let's  hâve  a 
mce  sociable  talk."  ^■ 

Philip  .BSrstone  thought  a  moment  and  followed  her. 

He  would  bave  given  a  good  deal  for  «jflance  at  that 

letter  George's  wife  bad  gone  to  poat.    W9,  morp  fwtu- 

.  nate,  ça»  break  the  seal  and  peep  lu.    There  waa  no  date 

^^Bignaturè.  ,  ««un» 

%i^**  Balf  milo-from  jour  boarding  honae,  on  the  bank  of 
tbe  river,  there  stands  an  oM,  disosed  sawmilL  The  spot 
js  lonelj  i  there  18  no  hoqM  near,  and  no  one  approaohea 
St  aftor  whtfall,  as,  «ke  a»  dirosèd  places  qf  tï!eWt"it 
28  popnlarly  sapposed  to  be  baonted,  I  wiU  be  Uiave  tiiia 
6Temng,  at  six  o^alook>  if  poBMble."     .  ^- \^ 


11* 


OHAPTBB  XXIIL*^ 

'/":•->■_:  *'--.^;'^  ■ÏHAIjriSHI. 

ruu"®*  wf?®^*^*  trnô  to  her  pronOie,  retnmed  to 
Golden  Willows  ère  eleven  o'olock,  and  lïisB  Winters  and 
her  lover  denarted  for  the  tovn.  ^ 

«  She  will  not  qnît  the  bonsr  in  otiÀ  absence,*'  Phil 
thought.  ^  «  She  wfll  not  leave  Aunt  Lydià  alone,  and  she 
cannot  veiry  well  reçoive  him  hère,  in  I^Mul  day.  To- 
lOçht  wiU  be  the  earliest  time  she  can  poisiMy  mMt  hfan." 
^  ^P?3^^™^^P'  therefore,  departed  in  verJW»*.8pirit8. 
A»  thmg8>ere  settled  now.  Kothing  r4&ed  butîo 
marry  Fanny  imd  go  abroad  and  fOfg«t  alflSe  Mttle  nn- 
F^^"??  <rf^bygone  days  in  fair  fwfeigr^^knds»  Ho 
*^'Wf'P.g**  afflanced.  with  a  rea% jmod  n&txu&^Q^a» 
v^Hmstyme  sarpasée^^SSa^aè  diYgoods  itore^the 
other,  toningdown  her  gandy  jbutoieÉ and  cor^tlx 
«orgeoQs  taste  by  bis  otç»  grave  one. .  Therlaiiohtt 
•aloon  and  the  idntry  aftei'noott  iii»  «t  ite  oildêB 
«^yeet  ère  they  retnmed  home,  thé  lit^  dâlch 
ft%hted  withpirQeli.  •©- 


n 


■M^--' 


'*>^*^iiÉM# 


wce  at  Gdden  WiUowi  froin  eigÂt  o'olook  broaKli^^ 
4he  gix  o'clook  dinaor.  JEle  was  kept  Teiy  bnay  ai  MAI. 
lord,  wid  moBtly  dropped  m  td  some  rostaorant  therefor 
a  mid-day  meri.    Kow,  hower^r,  at  four  in  tho  aft».' 
Boon,  be  was  standing  on  the  door-atep,  drawîng  on  hk 

^  **Something  nelr^tîiii,  isn'i  it?'»  PhU  said.  *'We 
^jntoftenseeAjoaatthMttineof thedayl    J&bhting» 

wîîî  ivi**'  f^s^^*  has  ient  for  me  to  mak»  hig 
ÏÏ  i^A  made  it  fiye  tip^eô^  befora  and  erory  time  Wa 
got  botter  and  cbanjped  his  mind.    Noir  he'a  ^ini 

asixtb.    He  liTes^* 


«r  thinks  80, Wd~gttnst  dwwtipaïrxth!'  i^fi^it 
teen  milej  ontj)f  liaiford,  80  I  &ail  bave  to  remMrijrfl 


n^bt.^  Ifow,  Peter,  my  ni»n,  as  I  waot  to  eatob  tbe  4.30 
gwn,  jnmp  m  and  dnrè  as  i£  tbe  deno^wàs  after  yen. 
By-by,  ail,  untU  to^morrow.*'  '       T  *^  J^'.. 

-Hespjang  w  and  was  driven  airay,  bis  last  bàokward 
gbw»ce  directed  to^tbe  drawing-room  windoir,  wbere  a 
qmet  flgpre  sat.  Bnt  theqqîet  figure  never  movednor 
•nsirered  tbat  fareweji  look.^  Sbe  was  only  thinking  : 

v„«oT      l^^^^Ji^'  *^'  ^iio  suspect,  and  isit  only  a. 
ruseiowatch  me?*'         ^^  ,  ' 

r.l!Sf^yT^  *"i  *»P®^^«'  werie,  irith  ber  innimetable 

£?15!yïân^1i^^ 

^en  would  bare  bad  ail  a  troman's  keenmterest  in sSS 
ffiin|»-wben  tbe  bue  of  a  ribbon,  tbe  sbade  of  àïdlk,  tbe 

?*^  î^  attention.  Bnt  tbat  time  #m  past,  and, 
diTided  f rom  tbe  preseiit  by  a  dwk  and  beaty  troÎM^  tbî 
toppy  girl  iat»  a  baggam  êM  Wretohed  iriMni«i»SJb«- 


Jiw^r^  pink  mind  grw  silkspi^Toii 

the  oairp^t,  m  tague  splendor  of  eoloring  ;  bat  tbe  bote. 

less  eyés  ûevi»  ht  np,  and  tbe  words  tbat  ûuirered  VtMO^ 

laptnres  were  téiy  brief  and  indiffèrent  * 

^'I  declaJ^  it*s  too  bad  !*»  Fapny  oried,  at  laai,  loém 

"Idon't  knpwWt  oom*  ta  yM^Jf^ent   To3K 


T-ifl 


Bot  «M  Mt  lilEA  m  mmi^  bfclTI  um  tfaem  npte 

weddmg  clothe^  perbam  ?  J^l^rii^  cfasagâa  eveit- 
body  for  the  woree  as  it  ine  âam-^,  mamed  ladiesuiQsfc 
Bè  nioe  people  to  liw  with  !  TottVe  stown  fifU^ii  Yru» 
older  in  ûre  veeks,  and  I  dont  beliève  ïfs  Oeowft  &11II 
either;  becaQ^  m  qnit»  ridipitloas  the  way  he  goesoa 
-^nt  y©ti.r  Përbaps  ydn  met  tome  oîd  lover  in  BTew 
York,  and  ar^  bîéaldQg  yoiir  haut  fbr  him  nov  tbaA  It^B 
too  late  ?  ** ,  ^ 

MagdiOân  smiled  Ài&ây,  bot  the  smile  jbded  as  qnîok 
aa  it  came.  .    " 

"î  beg  jour  pardon,  lftiimy;*»«he  laîd.  "TKe  dressea 
are  Terjr  pretty,  uid  I  wiah  you  erary  happiness.  My— 
my  troQblesome  headaehe  la  baok  again.  Whfle  yon 
àbpw  the  thingB  to  Min  ^Eoratone  I  wHl  go  np  to  my 
room."  ',  •"  ' 

She  arose  plowl^,  leayhig  the  doetor  alone  in  the  dtwr- 
mg-room,  with  but  book,  or^  the  *op  of  irhièh  be  had 
been  ateadfaatW  regarding  her..  She  lîngered  for  a  mo- 
ment-te  the  hall,  kwkîttg  ont  tbron|^  thé  aide  lighte  at 
the  rapidly  darkening  sky, 

It  waa  haxdly  five,  imt  afaeady  «Imost  night.  The  sky 
lay  lo«r  and  Jeadén^  the  bleak  wind  fossed  the  bure  trees. 
Hoonless,  stariesi^  the  night  icas  fslUog,  and  alieady  a 
few  feathery  fiakes  whirlèd  throngh  the  opaque  air,  pfe- 
aetent  of  the  ooming  storm.  « 

As  she  lîngiered  tbere,  Petw  droTe  vipidlT  np  tnnu.  tt»^ 
gâte.    She  opeued  the  door  and  sp<^e  lo  Imn. 

«Peterl^ 

"Y»,  ma'am." 

"  Was  Mr.  Baistone  in  tûne  Iftr  the  train  ?"         .  .#& 

**  Plenty  time,  ma^m— trai  mimiteatoo  aoon.**    --^  "^* 

^  Yott  saTT  him  oft  then  ?  **  __^' 

"  Yes,  ma'am**'  Peter  answ«red«  and  the  giil  ânw  a 
iGQg  breath  of  relie!  ^  *=*  v 

It  iras  no  isse  afier  ail  ;  fae  had  reaBy  goiie» 
^  <*  It  is  three  miles  from  h&9  to  tbe  ofd  mm»*^  she 
thoni^ht.    «^Xf  I  stiurt'at  onoe^  I  will  he  there 
pmtt^tiUiae.  j^J^t^  ^Kjarm^ia,  " 

t^xiBBifr" .  :-  "  '      ,  .^ 


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'If  I  MA  «Bly  le)if«  âw  hoorn  anaMii  ?  ^«ii«  «honÉlfc  ' 
She  ^ta^  her  Ûm^mi  jpoMdX  liitoii.    jUTm 

•teiU  Twoe.    Siie  wm  al»  tlierb..«nd  JDootor  PiiSm 
5©d  il»  .hig  book.    SIm  went  iwifflY  aul 

nttn^befOTewasDootarPliai  T  -^•««««w, 

winter.     Wiuitl.  n^  dm  ma.    Bmbtm»--^  mxS 


ahe  told-^Jl«  Mftoâ 

uot  but  that  h»  ImmI  ^ 
•  »iil,oflftte. 
bfoe  JiQir  it  inerMiM 
mhât  votOd  6«oj$«' 


Coâl 


"I- 

Ske  ia^  hendfior  th»  » 
thfi  maa  vh9  ntade  à«|  toU  i 
aewB  to  mIm  vith  «4^  mi. 

i^^iiS"L^Î!L*î'^y'  '^^         lHii--<ibii%odî«ai#iiea 


IVith  fcliM  iviay,  ^opeiMcl  fl^é  koiu» door  «ad  mOkad 
_Jootor  Phflip  îooked  «iter  hSr  nnm  the,  faWM  èwnr 


itydetrJCag- 
M  jrott  ma 


I  nad  maolMather^oo  luwf  oh<»eii  i  âiier  niglat  *  - 

Hr  took  dowft  his  hat  and  oTsrooak  draw  «n  hhSsitm, 
^taktogastoiitwalkiMft^kéf  2aôii.'%  nH«S^tSl 
SL^LÎ^*/****  T*l  J^*»»^  .rowlttk!/  «liiato 
Jwad^jke  siaim,  ^^ 

:  «*  PMFf  Fhil  t  whare  oa  aartàva-Toa  aaiiur  tiOi 


•%:^^^m^?'^m^^&,^^ 


aoé 


MAODAÏiHÎPS  VOW. 


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5* 
If». 


PanflookhereaiBottient." 

Fftnny  came  down  in  «  «asli. 

"I W,  FjMrny,"  her  lover  aaid,  in  a  oonfidential  nnderv 
«n^  "4  am  jjoing  af ter  George'a  wife.  She  bas  left  ihd 
nouae,  dresaed  for  a  walk,  mind,  at  thii  hour,  and  in  thjg 
atorta  àlbue.  A  pèrson  ^o  does  suoh  a  thW  as  tbat  is 
irmb  watohing.  'Fiugoing  after  her,  toseeBhe  oômes  to 
no^barm.  If  yoa're  l^ungiy,  dîne  with  Annt  Lrdia—don'fc 
waitfor  me."     '  '^  ' 

H»«ave  Fanny  no  time  to  reply—he  departed  at  ono«. 
And  FannyTHgape  with  wonder  and  consternation,  wenv^ 
straiçnt  back  to  Miss  Barstone's  room  and  imparted  toher 
tfa»  iidings. 

.  "  Magdalea  mnst  be  goingcrazy,  I  Ihink,"  she  aaid  to 
the  alarmed  mîstress  of  the  bonse.  "Nobody  in^thetr 
sensé»  ^ver  went  on  aa  she  goeS  on.  She  ns^  to  be  f Ond 
of  weorgfr-now  t^9  can't  bear  him.  She  nsed  to  tengS 
ajd  talk  with  him,  and  say  funny  things,  a^d  be  Itfvây 
about  the  honse— noir  she  mopea  lîke  an  old  owl  in  the 
«yhght.  She  won*t  eren  look  at  my  new  dresses,  and 
shenerer  once  asked.  me  how  manytbndesmaids  l'&iMntto 
,  haye,  or  whether  mv  wedding-^ress  waS  to  be  white  .moi»» 
orwhîtè  satin,  or  white^  «otton  doth.  Dô  yoa  snpbose  sh^t 
^ttj.havo  Bomo  old    loTcr  she'jB   pining  after^     Annf 

J*  Nonsense,  Fanny  !  fcow    da»  you  saggest  saob  è 
mdked  thingP    ; 

'*  Oh,  it's  wicked*  is  it  ?  to  siiggest  it  oipily.  At»d  Mag* 
fjaloft's  ne:rfeotion,  of  course— she  wonl^'t  do  a  îrid^ 
thing.  Nov,  sappose  I  went  ont  into  the  gardon  to-iiight> 
«nd  met  attrange  man  tbere,  and  knsed  him,  and  walked 
with  him,,  and  came  in  and  ^eT«^  kAâ  Phil  or  nobody. 
irhat  wonld  ydo  oall  that  ?" 

Miss  Winters  spoke  defianUy,  tosaing  lier  red-biown 
head.  She  had  kept  Magdalen^s  seoret  t^  long  time  ;  noir 
it  was  ont,  after  ail.  _, .   ,-,,__—,  - ^-  -,— , 

*'What  do  you  m?an,  Fanny?**  idas  B^ratone  d»> 
manded,  steruly.    *  *  Kagdalen  aever  did  this.'^ 

'<  Oh,  didn't  she  P    I  suppoea  I  didn^iaee  haf 'front  mr 

^  oedroom  window,  either  I    fatras  jnst  before  she  mamed 

«^ga— when  yon  w«m  ill,  yoiTkninr»  «nd  «h«  did  r     " 

«man,  «ad  she  did  kias  J^ià,  tua  lAa4iâ  #«lk  iîlli 


'^^ 


ismm. 


905, 


f 

\, 

^J^dît  bSSrr*  /^^  "^^  ^  ^'^  wi^.^t  diowed 
doubfa  âarkness  of  night  and  SSn  I,  tfc  plS? ^ 

but  8he  fle,r  on  before  itjSkt  as  «wiîS/  ^l^^U^ 
Ï£f'#T   '  ■'"'**'  «nôigii  «6  do  to  keep  her  in  ajtfht. 

thafc  weird  night  8orae,£orniaiiy  a  day  toooine.  Tboroai 
of  the  anmy  m^  Mend«d  tuitriTthé  sfirîeking  of  tho  wind 
at  îaat.  Ke  Jghte  of  MÛlfèrd  gleamed^  uÂ  S^g^thS 
ifta:  thfl  ffi^k  #«*.»,{-.  -H  aWùïe,  tbSr  taU 

showera  of  fiexy 

took  the  déserted 

Tho  old  miU  loom«d 

Hie  way  tfaai  led  io^ 

-1.  H'^-^:^"''  — ;  ».««e«.«»»  j^  uu»  Biiti  plnnged  rek^ntelT 

'^m^.SSÏS^  ''"  ""^  ''"  ^"^^^  ^^^«^ 

-  JJHiaio  P  *  aiftifof e4  $  toîea. 

-«Tîî  fi®  i°*^?*^  »  %nre  emerg«d  from  tho  doonray 

tod  atoodWoro  W.    The  figure  held  a  dark  laatera, 

^5  ^^^m»  yon  «o,.Hagdaleii  tho^h  1  didn*t  think 
yott  wonld^oomo  in  this  confonndoa  ISonn:  Yôn're  a 
tramp,  ^  George  I^plaoky  eiiof|g]i  fértM^thing.  0)t« 
us  alioia-of  yoor  hàndJook  St-|t^Sgiwi-23ÏÏ 


'■  ■:%! 


t«*%l 


I  ao|»|MMO  yoïhpo  fâtoùt^llwiÛL'^ 
wii*  "**?Ju  ??*  *  k*wielt  iMi^  oold.    For  pJtyV  aal» 


rJS 


;& 


a»r^ 


*;.  X.-.TjK'ïfT.V^ 


fi^ 


»«, 


ù-i. 


«OfiMr.  /Ho  «»  <aù  ip^ljl^  »  iMmlile 

paoe  and  sach  a  hornbW  s^gbi,  ^^ii  dova.    Bd«/  did 
jon  Bianage  to^  «kS  at  ail  in  ijiiéli  ^Wpeafe  F" 

««loam^r^lMkdd  no  09e*8  iiiwrmiédoii.  Ckwnrà  bail- 
ÉBttt  f6r  tikrillfiil»  fértvnaéélyi/làoVgh  inMllie  i|4  hMBL  l 
wmà  ha,wétmk0f^mj  wvià^âDà  mm»."        ^^  — ^^ 

"  Wlial  a  b#dc  yoa  «^  K^gd^n  l '^    Willie  i^paated 

admûringly.    It's  a  pity  y^n*ée  net»  mai!.    And^mt'S 

raqmre  aU  yoar  pinek,  I  can  «eU  jou,  to  bear  the  akwr 

yoa'^liearto-night*'  ' 

ti^      ^«ioasbearit»    Thoro  il  pt^i&g  70a  mit  tell  I  «auiai 

bMTttO^*'  !  - 

«  Ab»  jTwi tiiinlc  aa»lml  ft)iii>tiieiNifrty«ir  I  t^wm 
there  ign't  anch  aa^tlitr  fipiiii  ea  Ood'a  m^tifi  m  tfae  im 
yoù  hâve  mamad."  y 

hands  daspéd  hmîà^^S^t^Sa,  hér  large  lttiSCS'«yai 
flxed  «Don  the  Uaclodeai  %^-    ^^o  doll  red  glimaer 

naill  tbe  wild  wind  oitlie  wa|tisr  idl|^a)iridced^and  abov* 
iteertea  oatiM  th^roar  of  tikèifrer,«i^en  and  lapid.  A 
fittfog  seene,  a  fiiting  time»  Itir  Ôie  stoiy  Wifiie  MMard 
bad.to  tell.-    /'•;■-:    -::,■>.  r'   '-■■'    -^  i-v 

Slowly,  «tfky^iJLy;  ntr^y»  l|»  ih«»  vlio  luid  éog^ 
Ifagdalea  £r6ni  tKe  honpA  é^geA  lier  to  t&e  f«ry  entniào» 
of  that  q14^  miïl.  He  rtM>&  iolèly  in  ai«  dark  doorwaj 
noir,  kai^bg  agaimt  iîiA  «ft^iaig  hmm»»  aeeiiig  4iie  giri^ 
^l^ftrla^attd^ti'aïoing  ê!M»^7nef ?e>-to:jife(W^  Ifci  i^lf 
Wtilie  fuyard  spoke  aboW  ft^  i^fttNr«<fiia  ilqRB. 


«< 


tlttai  ^tbîng  |oa  ha#|r 


'  ■"t'î  «  "      3i^v7r 


TOÎâO  ^  fpS  BAB&NE8S.     .<        MT 

■^«rBd«itrfili»pitd>bl«)lnMigÉ.    WotlS««Mto--«S! 
r*^ffi^  not  if  lie  hàd  eonmitted  a  matder  trith  his  own 

«  Yoùhwjpeiwclïtî*  b«brother«ald,iritli  «mswl 
Bolemmty.  ;r  He  hae  oommrtted  •  miMtier~«  SnibE 
ffinrâer-^  ddalda  avrder,  in  miention,  st  Itnat  Good 
«od,  Magdakml  whst  *  fiend  inosnuite  ha  ial-*  ama, 

*:Si,?f  "ï*?^  ^"  :^*"  «hûd-vlM^  maia  lie  iMM^tr. 

firea  nw  wiie  I'^  et  f. 

'^  "His  wK*  ?»»     ^  »  ^^^ 

'♦Bit  wifel    Ok,  iuMTvii  iMâpyoa»  Magdal^ti  Alhmtâ  I 

riS!?-?!*''  ****  *****«;<»•  Po<^  l»o«r,  ttiiee  fth»  J0« 
iredded^texyfli»  ago  stiU  Ureel.  You  ara  wfiat  four 
J^TO  bel«rè  y«or-*«tmyed,  disàoïKired,  WNQ|c«à  ia 
!S%S?i"l2!?  «  m  h«W»m««  I'  Ywt  haVe  new,  for 

î??"- *  1^  ^*  ^ kn«w  1»  haf «poken  «lie  tniik.    »m- 

Yerk  ;  MI tneir  tf  I  did  you  woald  bave  left  him  «fe 
•";&  •^  ""'  »5°^  jreiild  hâte  jbeea  ui».  '  He  it  the  mt 
SiS^JÏSi'î?*  5J^^!S3^'^»^«f'  a.  ,,e  iB  tbe  mort 

««t  <!«  lOie  darkneas  onor  tfeiO!$»«%i|ll0w^  ao  luiané  he 
ioaroely  wcognked  it.     "  Shé  isthe  wi|e^* 

6V^e&^  «MWWll  l'»É"^l»»l1lni|«<   «  II'    III  ^    J  -<t^^-„ i- — m — r-  , : 


r5* 


M- 


front  «h^  rturderèr  o£  her  chiid.  ~  Bot  I  will  beffin  tbe 
rtorf  at  omHL.  Tl^  oold  is  bitler.  Y<wi  will  Mrub  if  I 
keep  yçn  liçr^.»    -  -  !».«««» 

li^[daleb  ïattghedH»  bfeod-oordlingr  laagh.  v  Tbe  lîsfc* 
eiier  iu  tbe  doorway  àh^ddôrèd  a«  he  faeard  it  The  woitte 
iwTOlarloo dirtaat to «atolhtbîougii  tbe  tomoil ef  tbe 


^*»^,ii 


^    i  '.- 


^  wonder  -«rhii  oold  or  Jwii<^ 
ilS«,.biCiia  tb^^lorr  yeii    ' 


.    ».   * 


^?^:.  "BaoIwl4<dilii^4»£tl»t  ijand^lii  tlHatlettar 
tfie  has  told  you,  of  vpoikrae,  how  an  anoùymoas  note  fiS' 
falormed  her  ehe  was  not  Maurice  Labgley'i  wife  ;  te 

hwolaim. .  L»nra  may  bave  sngpeoted  before.     Laniley 

to  babble  lAe  an  idwt-hw  owiraecreta,  »nd  alL     Sbe  ran 

away  that  Yery  night^aa  vou  know.  refcùrned  to  thepoor. 

lïow  r    ^™*"'^^*.  ^"    ^»«^    *»»er«-     AU    this-  ^ 
"Tes,"  MagdalenVhollowTofeetaid;  •     '^ït^^^ 

."It  wasthe  nextf  day— rather,  the  jiext  nigbt:^before 

tbe  news  reaobed  me,  and  then  nofc  throngb  Laûiriey.  vou 

r^hnL'ÎÎIu  -JT  "T^^*"»  '^'^^"^  >°  »  weîliiotrn 
pmbling  hell,  wild  to  retneve  my  loases  and  aave  niveelf 

«ïïiiTl  -^^  forffery~for»the  fatal  deed  tbat  bas  i-uined 
Mv  Me  h»d  been  already  doue,,  througb^  bis  inàtiirafeion— 

îl  ^"f"*  '  another  gam W^  an4  drankard,  and  TOoftîiate 
«ad  heretpfore  Jihe  closegfe  orbny  of  Langley  swamrefed  ud 
to  me  as  I  «tood  gullenly  alone.  -        -«6    «u  wp 

•«*I  gay,  Allward/he  said.  with  a  tipey  wink,  *boir»8 
onr  Damon,  oiir  Jonathan,-  tbe  friend  of  onr  boaem.  our 
well-beloved  Maiiri<ye,  tb.mgbt,eh?  Not  got^re  yet, 

^  *'  I  growled  ont  surliïy  that  I  had  not  seen  bim.  I  wéb 
m  no  moodfor  idle  talk,  «ndl  bad  always  f elt  an  aversion 
,io  cni9  man. 

Tulî  ^"^  l*«ghed,  a  diabolical  gleam  of  malice  in  bit 
Iittle  green  eyes.  -  - 

1*  tÏS  f^^^  **"''  ^««n*»  has  been  ont  of  sorte  to-day, 
and  ttbink  Pve  my  revence  for  ail  tbe  insnlts  Tve  put  ni> 

the  Snc^"'  pwty  firpm  ih»^ntry  bas  Vamooaed 

"^*Wb^t  4<>  you  mean^  you  dmnken  vtgabwidt'   î 
owed,  Bftvagely. -.  .  "»  Trp  * 

X  "  y  ^'"^^**®  ^**  °®'  awaïe  Laurà  was  my  sister.  I  kbeir. 

"*Drunkardi«œ  IF 
•olenUy.    'famnota 
and  teil^  with  onr  d 


'A-' 


.4 


"€1 
•w'" 


^r\^ 


»»»  •% 


fm 


gooeebérry  l    H»  iH^indeedK  Ha,  haflfonder^ 


ittU  gre^ 


i 


*rbefore 
i^  1    ï 


'  V  l'I^'  you  weren'fc  a  blookhfead  yon  wonldn'i  Ae«d  to  aâk 
but  the  Terdanfey  of  the  dover  and  the  hay  ficlbstick?  to 

at74"'r^»5*»":î  you  înow  theUffiin  GrJ^- 
Btawt  ?    YouVe  been  there  with  Ijanfftey.*  HWfleeS 
yoa  there  morethanlnce.'  *^--.^^"  "^®*^ 

*'^*  Yes,  yea  !    What  of  her  P  * 

x*V®"i?  *î?*y»  ?y  lad—eut  her  Inc^y— left  Laluelev  m 

«le  end  of  the  honeyniooih    Honeymoon  l    Ha  I 
'^*l?"tîl."®'^  ""^7  honeymoons  he*8  had  ?  * 

iV'Why  did  slie  leaTe  him  ?*    I  «aid,  in  an  airôBv 
'You  sooundrell  do  jou  mem  to  ^aj  tÙrml^g^Z^l 

Ja  ^^\  H  ^**^  ^9'^«  «ueœpd  it.  I  màrried  'em. 
Mid  *  neater  knot  wa*  nerer  &d.  But  LangW  inaifS 
me  last  woek-threw  a  decant*  at  mw  head^f  jïSt^ 

OaroJiaeifcAiawife,youii|»daiBti^^ 
Jy aregular  wWte ci6k^nd^:SStSï^îË 
Tery  image  of  itafescinating  papa,    1  fonnd  oat  OaîoE 
W  îî^'^Tr^r*^  Uttle  hoCver  in  Brooklyn-indÏÏd 
flhfrl^'  w1  \^'^  ***  the  little  party  frèm  L^^^IUmS 

m  *«^  *5»dooae.  jToir  the»  wae  that  gif  1,  (JawliS! 
■^ '  '  *^  PL5?X.  «ay^^f  her  to  atai^re  inià 


"~-      J"^;^ 


■"  rS 


tmrmfç Jtiaaf  ÏManfi  eyee  oqt.  1  ooolod  hw^ow» 
PWléïiUy,  gt^Jher  to  wrlte  a  note  to  wile  No.  a,  tocl 
a^m^itln  tho  port  for  hér.    Little  îfew  Hami^ 

Mmo  imino.    It  was  the  middto  of  the  niàïfc  :  but  whsfi 

ha  I  ha  I  that*H  why  you  don't  we  him/         — T*     « 
"He  w  «wMT^ng  away,  with  adruake^  wink 
u'  ï^y  i»»«fï«  Wm  and  h«14  ïâm  fatt.    I  WiwI 
kii  Oookod  with  raire  and  «AArfAi*  T^n» 


teer 


C--  / 


r'Y.»  T*  V  "•"(Stti»  uim  «ua  nmin  mm  nuit, 
liaif  oboked  with  rage  and  fear  for  XiàiiTa. 

yonl^TeHmewliereLaurahaggoneP*  -^ 

*«' Don  tknoir,AUward,*Ponm5r  Word  làim*i     liât 
1^     mï?KlS~*^  àn4 .  don't^lare  in  tliat  inaaûj 
liwb^.     whâttiiadenoewaBjittlçiniMytoyoïi?'      . 
*8be  fmmy  swter;  you  cold-blooded  «rétch  I    Bt  ' 

^T^l!  ij^^^S'fJ^fk^  •»  i  fool  and  old  enongj 
to  be  iny  fetBer,  r^plàgleyoa  where  yon  etand.  Till 
«e,  youiioMy  re]>rop^  wIiom  111  find  Langléy,  or  I  phaU 
lietemptodtodoityet'^  6j»w*j,i»u 

«1  b*d  the  Itréij^â  oragiaat-,4)oy  thongh  I  ipaa—yiA 
feeble  old  dnçàard  was  a  (lûd  fe m/grasjf  ^     T^^ 

»rooklrotoWowiipOg«flinetV  :  j  f^  ;  "^  ^ 
*^illr?    me     her    addee»    tbi»  momen*.   Jt   «aid, 

*ii2!SiS^^i*'*S:*  1^  go,  AJlwgW  /  ||çw  th» 


,'5i,f> 


"  He  gîww  nie  the  êkma*ê  adânss, 
#o^^po«i  binigboald  — ,- ^Tiimiii     11 

11^^t!S«''"K  "^^ll^*  h«i«»,  irhen  I  lannd  It, 
««  iMi««r;  ttuûi  ^  nov«],  sbiodôig  apart  in  -—-  — - — 


'lu; 

-in 


^é   ' 


>Û)  HP  Ï9PB  BA&EHl^^.  %xx 

▼oioe*n8^ewdhini,  paB|ioiuit«  «ad  defttot  rv^    :^;^^ 

Strom  yon  Maurice  LatigleJ^ï'    I  heArd  fcr%^?îi3 

î^w^ÏÏÎf  ^  •  ïî?'2ï"°?-''**y.^^  I  »«*  d«  befttrti  erS 

«wrang  to  th«_  i(ri«<@&^|^  dàehed  it  int  bS|5«iW 
^^f  #ÏÏf'Tî3l^'^***»*  «'^  «Po»  *Wch  lie  wt  ft 

K';^^?^^ ^^  ^^  *»*»»^  '^  ^  i« «ï^ 

Md  my  <grr  for  help  m^  bim.  JBe  Jopped  tbe  eb^ 
SSI^^lS!^  wîiidow,>ped  out^SS  Ae  S 
^•5^  :^**^I^^^P«^  «  «»  »^t  waé,  M«at 

^^iboofW  r^bhed^a  poïieeattBi'iij^r,  ^He  nnim 
ftHêwd  "^rte  i^teriogift^lg^beiS^ 


-f- 


"-«H^-g*- 


I 


I 


«Id 


MAm^àSMn*Q  VOW. 


~î!b 


^ 


m 


to  h«r,^lo<^lced  np  atn^  as  I  stooped  «nd  whispered  th» 
Bame  01  Maurice  Langâev.  > 

i»  tooSte^**  ^^°*  *  ***^  '  '  denonncoJiiiii  befbre  it 

"*No/ Bhe  said,  or  rather  whispered  ;    *I  iriU  never 

denounce  him  !    He  was  niad  with  rage  and  liqnojr^the 

«ou"*°îT\  î^thimgo.  I  onlv  want  to  dîe.* ' 
■u  Jr?  fainted  dear  away  as  she  flniahed.  I^téll  ton, 
Ma^le^,  »t  was  a  blood-curdling  sirfit— the^ead  cMld! 
the^dyingmotber.  Many  there  knew  her^hernamei  thei 
Mid,  was  Mrs.  Beed,  a  décent  sort  of  pereon,  whp  went  ont 
jashing  for  herself  and  child.  She  Éad  a  hnsjband,  some- 
■Where,  who  onoe.in  a  rare  wllile  came  to  «eé  her.  That 
vas  ail  thafc  Wâs  known. 

^  "  They  took  her  to  BeUeyoe  Hospîtal,  and  the  story  was 
m  tuo  papers,  and  searoh  was  made  for  the  murderer;  bot 
ail  m  Tain.  ^  TJiey  did  not  e*en  know  his  name—it  was 
aupposed^o  bç  Beed.  I  oalled  the  next  day  at  the  hosiiital 
.  and  saw  the  nurse  who  had  ôare  of  Caroline.  She  wasBiiU 
»IiTe,^the  nurse  eaid.  but  sinkiuff  fast.  J  g&w  the  woman  ' 
«Te  dollaw,  and  asked  her  to  do  wbat  she  could  forilhe 
nnfortnnate  patient  I  wanted  to  see  her,  but  that  was 
xef used.  f  nerer  wenfc  waiu,  for  on  that  day  came  my  ar^ 
|est,  imprwonmoQt,  triaTand  switenoe,  and  four  years  at 
omgSing.  ■  -^■•-     .  f^v^: .;- X  '■ 

w  J^^^i,^*^  '  ûoi  denounoe  Langley  then  and  tell  ail  I 
Jnew  ?  Beoanse  that  wonld  not  hâve  been  half  revenée  ! 
**'*?i^^?*  *"  "*'*  hiding,8omewhere  •  if  ^euounced,  he 
would  flr  thoTOuntry,  and,  perhape,  escape  pnnishment  al- 
togethej.  And  Boms,  who  wonld  bikwë  proven  against  him. 
WMdead-hMbwustabbedon.thairTery  night  iBithe gam- 
^  'ï:^»ra^r^n:/.:;^^  Mag^^Ibldel^ 
lor  yon,  Mr.  Maurice  Langley  !' 
j*i*T?'î?  ?®****  reaehed  me— ît  was  oiily  another  item 
added  to  tlie  long  r^komug.  I  went  to  prison  and  swred 
my  four  jeai»--foi*ry«irsot  infinité,  endless  misery,  and 
«ame  ottt  te  find— what  ?  to find  Maurice  Langley  ah 
wio. prospérons  man,  and  my  sister  »'  ^  -^  f^ 
No,  not  his  wife,  for  C 
wiiï  be  her»  iorimoivoiip 

Once  more  there 
voioe  brokt  it,  hollo 


* 


.  'é: 


.$f 


A^ 


■T'A 


,Ui 


Sï!  B  ^H'.?^'"*  I  paid  yon  that  visit  at  Golden  Wll. 
low«.  Had  I  known  then  tbat  Langley'g  namç  wa«  Bat- 
atone  and his^home  in  thia  State,  IifigL  hâve  ea^yX 
bnt  it^  ra  onlv. withw  the  past  two  wéeks  that  Carolini 
rf^K  *îî?  T  Hi.**î'7'  «»°^  then  1  had  to  extort  itfrom 
ÎL7o?*^*iJr^^  SBohwheenanalteredwomanaince^tbafc 
fatal  jiighfc  ;  ail  wOmaMy  spirit  seema  to  hâve  left  her-niS 
is  but  the  poor,  i>ale,  inghtened  «badow  of  hereeU^dv 

"I  hastened^to  the  hogpifcri,  the  Ôitt  thing  jrfter  mv 
lelease.  and^  mqnired  for  Mrs.  Soott,  th>  narro  in  irhoae 
charge  OarolineWbeen  placêd.  HraJ  siptt  stiU  retàihed 
her  ntnation,  and  qame  to  me  at  oiioe,  bnt  I  had  some 
diffionltyin  recaHing  myaelf  to  her  rècollection.  I  askeÀ 
her  for^  Caroline  Seed,^  patient  whç  badXbeen  in  her 
charge  fonr  yeara  baqk— conld  ahe  recall  herf  Yei,  Mw. 
jaeott  recalle<3  her  perfeotly.  *«»,  «i^ 

"*Dîdsli%liveordie?'la8ked.  V 

•  «  '  Well,  yonng  man/  the  nnrse  answered,  *one  of  'em 
Bved,  a^  one  o]  'em  diedrand  I  don»t  know  wl^hyou 
irant.  Yon  aee  I  ahonldn't  reraember  ao  eaaily,  75  fonr 
years  m  a  long  tiwe,  but  my  own  fiame  ia  GaroIiS.  and 
thereJïappened  to  bo  two  Caroline  Reeda  hère,  tbat  time. 
together.  Otae  waa  a  ahockinr  aooident,  the  other 'wai 
*^!hÇiî?«f  oonsnttption.    Whitol  ié  the  one  you  want  l^ 

tompt  at  mnrder.    Her  ohUd  waa  Itillëd.    Do  Bot  le»  m» . 
ahe  U  the  one  who  ^  î  *  .      ^  '    !^  "^ 

" *yo,'  aaid  the  nnrae,  ' gfaei^g  the  <mt  thit  oamejoand*, 
=^R)rBgh  noWy  evBrtroBgBTÎ&rôoiTdTro^ 
head  iraa  amaahed  dreadftrl,  and  her  riba  were  broke  ;  bol 
la  l  ahô  a  aa  vrell  as  yon  or  me  to-day,  and  a  moat  reapect. 
able  party,  though  ppor.  Sfae  dœs  plain  aewing^-ahe  aawè 
'**'«  oS*  ^l«*?  her  voor  addpaa  &  yoa're  a  feend.»  .' 
"She  wrote  the  addreaa  in  pënoU  and  handed  it  to  hm. 

— . tihar  yonng  womi^i/  Krs/Soott  ro- 

tiie  BMHii  lrhbhadao*ttear 

é^thebrotol   hxAW 

•  man  her»  oiwâmr. 


yonng 
illof  ■ 


oouRuiqvtfo»  oase— «hA 


dead 


«nd 


ont 


baried 
Langley*! 


room  in.ilte  wry 

ït  ablé  td  «sm  éâèoM  _.    

She.  loÀked  at  iq»  witii.JMicli  «  iri]d^r  terrifisa 

•Il  I  csam  i%  tiiii$  î  liad  to  hai^  to  ïeasisare  her* 

'^  '  Boât  be  afiqrai^,'  I  flùd>«/I  «m  a  frbpd.    Bon't 

J91I  romemb^r  inç  f   II  waa  I  1^9  Woke  in  ihai  nigbi^, 

H^a  JCtfunglley  M  nearly  maidcôrea  jou.'  "»^ 


l^e  atter^ 


thin. 


V 


r*E-. 


"sue  atterea  a^v,  and  oofwed  her  |>oôr, 
with  botii  haQds^  àfe  the  toiindj»£  hU  name,  ^  '*-,.. 

**  *  l  hsyvu'i  Imrà^  toit  loiir  yeari/  she  said,  *  aûd  a 
maies  ib9  tremble  to  bour  It  uow  I  Ob>  sir  I  l(^  tbe  loy^ 
ol  Qod  I  doQ*t  toU  blm  Ijri«i;^â|pr|; 

"  *ï  wiU  Dot— don't  br£n|ppi0l$d--'l  batetlum  aa  nmeh 
aajrcmoanpoBublydôl'.      ;  "  -  -', 

'^Sbd  looked  up  at  me  iritïi  gicoat,  boIld#,  irïld^Uil! 

« ' Hâte  hiqn,'  she. teMa£ed, vsioahijtidly ;  ^-<eiif^0^.t 
«Uinti  bi^  Jiiiii.  Onda  rld^ed  bim^  aod  be  lovèd  lofS,  "biit 
tbal  is»  ob,  «Qoh  a  weary,  weary  wmie  af  <t  I  X  ttàhlrlbat 
Ouroline  Beisd  ip  dead  and  burïed,  and  Ûiat  tbis  û  eome. 
otbar  miâ«îible  vrétcâi  wbo  bean  iMumame  audJber  bro)(^ 
hmtt    Bat  I  ddn'fc  bâte  my  buaband.'  ^ 

***^àa.  don't  bâte  bim,  I  aaid^  inoie^vloasly,  'and  h» 
naaéanàjovitjQhilél' 

"She  rooked  herself  to  «ad  fra^ -isrliwd»  tearlea» 
«aiwty.^.  •  ..,;■■-.,.;•'.■"' ^' '■.■■-■■■■ .       '■-v;^''    ■: 

*' *M»  did  not  meantbalH-bétraa  âratk — I  weanjejuxl 
taimtédr^biœyrpid  eu^ai»LJto 
Tbelaalt  iras  mii£B — he  did  notknow  wWb»  wp  doing* 
Ob,  my  iMby  1  my  baby  I  my  baby  P  ' 

"  Sbe  jrobbed,  but  ibed  no  teartï    Shç  «tUI  roo&ed 
lessiy  to  «ad  Iro,  witb  samkeB»  ^&Ubmn$,  dry  e/fCB. 

'**  He  tbinks  yaii're  drad/ 1  said.    '  Yoa  bavi 
met  bim  aÎQpe  Ibfi^  f 

•iriNit  ibiî^  my  pun  brosbed 
ma.    t  irora  a  TéS,  bat  ~ 
«my  oaaa,    Saîfe»  wr  t  1 


▼enefw 


%.. 


■'m 


bolie^re  it»  bot  I  ^  a  fMNÂtv  girl.  1 
|^|Ki^«]i  io  my  #ai8t,  bright$^4Mc 
efm^hrightw  tbatilheitim  of  b«aveQ»  he  bas  tot^Él^ 
TOIM  «ndT  dinipl«^  ftod  ail  tbé  blooin  ând  fre^bnest  ôf^ 
bappy  twQnty  yean.  AnÂ  I  loved  bita^  ab>  ao  deârly  !  so 
âeany  l  and  w«  wer?  married ,  and  my  bçafan  vas  on  «artb» 
and  Bo  angftl  np  tbcés  oonld  be  b&»pi«f  tbaQ  I.  Do  yoo 
tMuk  be  wonla  kndw  m»  ninr  ?  Be  is  a^â^|ÉBaa— -Ht 
JB  yoimg,  bandaoïni^  amd  welldrèiHR^  still.  !ralm|»  be  is 
bappy^  don't  kiiêir^  Ht  kiJQbd  bis  cfaild,  and  betblnln 
^e  bai  kiliçd  né,  lms^^»it,  in  tbe  dea^Uitf  nigbtw 
«ben  bit  riob  and  gay  £Nuiilii  are  gobe  and  tbe  stir  oflite 
is  bniAted,  ûnt  ttmaûo  not  rise  up  to  baanfc  bim  f  I  won- 
der  if  b» dare sldepin  febe  tienHk: ?    Yoai^ man/ sbe flxed 


#  41 


ber  spéotnd  Uack  vjm  p»l4WDaid^  njpon  me,  '  are  yoa  bis 
ffienfl  or  ensttiy  M      ; 

«*Hi8  enëf^i'  î  ansÉNM!éd,.b(^i»een  mysël  teeHî, 
'  bis  deadli«6t  enéiByoh  m^K^M  1  bad bim  herej  oonld 
ibrottie  bim  as  I  wonld  a  'Mjpli  I  tta  tbe  brotber  ùt 
tbe  «Oman  be  didti>  deutbr 

.  <<'Tbe  won»*!!  t»  «bom  I  wroteT  Ab,  poor  obildj 
^11  meyonr  8t«»y  ànd  ben.' 

'<  I  tcdd  btr  all^U^  Ifwdalsç.  Lann/s  deatb,  n^ 
'tepriaonment»  and  my  oatb  OT  rerenge^ 

"  '  I  eall  npon  yen  to  belp  m«,^  I  said,  *  it  w  oor  rtgbt 
— it  is  uot  yerenge,  it  is  jnslipQ.  rgnob  monsters  sboold 
not  pollnte  tbe  «nrtb  !  T  c4dl  itjNmyoa»  ÇteroUiieJteed>  to 
belpme  arengemf  siiter.P     *  ^     ," 

'</I  will  fiélp  yon/  lAie  answeï^,  te  mr  ««misa. 
«WbatisitfOBwantf'  i  J 

-  -^**  '-Tell  me  bit  ttnà  namo'T^-fcfrll  iw^wb^w^  aihd  h^rw  I  may 
find  bim.  Seon^P^  later  I  «rill  do  it  of  myself,  sÀ  snrefy 
aâ  beaven  is  aboTStid  I  bat  if  yoa  will  aid  me,  tbe  dày  «f 
Teokoning  «ill  oome  alHbe  mote  iQ)«ediIy.'     ,„  .   " 

'*  *  Q^e  «eemed  greatly  distarbed.  Bbe  ttiU  rooked  beràetf 
baûkwaird  and  fei^wfra,  witb  kmtted  anxionf  brow. 

**  *  I  cÉ^filit  décide  now/  sba  uà^  at  leng^  ;  '  give  me 
ibink  it  oirer.    Oome.ta  m^n  a  fortnigbt 

ail  vrong  «t  ttaes.    Ya^Mll|>.>'^ 
Wbeii  yoa *'^^^''^""  '"--' 

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«te 


XAai 


.i"r^  .'[,.*  f . 


m  vow. 


letnnied  io  Kew  York,  aitd  wau 


The  f ortnight  psjMeâ. 
irad,  BtUl  nndeoidecL 
ngiore  time,  and  I  had  to  be  cïm^nted 


baolç  ta  l&s.  Beed,  bnt  si 


^*''?^ 


ti 


ed  Yonr  marriage,  and  ronr  tem 
rk,    The  fchird  time  I  wéiit  to 

.ted.'  '  .t  ...■.-■^-'.Vv,  .:-  .■^^^-.■  .■.•■, • 

not  atire  thàt  I  am  doitfg  ri|^t,  tiàt  I  will 

gky^s  name  ia  Babstoiïb/  and  he  bas  a  rioh 

oimecitiùiit  «omewheteî    I  lonnd  it  ont  hy  the 

loident,  jpd  itnaa  mr  mention  of  his  râd  namo 

iira|Feî>îm'thai4feadf ni  night.' 

itonêl  and  yonr  linsbaod'B  name  iras  Barstone, 

/  ftttd  he  hxÀ  a' -rioh  aant  in  Gonneotiont.    It  atartled  mer 

•  terribly^    I  w?ote  to  yen  »t  onoe.    Yoo  met  me  and  made 

my  terror  a  certainty.    Mânrioe  Itangley  hid  oitowni^  hia 

^^Ihihiy  by  œànTihg  yon.     He  fcnew  yoKi?  «torjrr-we^ 

Ï"  on  ww»  jUara*»  siater— knew  yott  were  yo^ed  to  arenge 
er— and  i^U  dared  to  marry  you  f  What  mercy  dœ»^ 
that  man— no«  that  démon  in  the  form  of  man--d««Te  f 
When  he  and  yoit  left  for  Washington,  I  W^nt  to  Céline 
«nd  told  her  of  this  kst  orowsdng  raacalitr.  It  ^used 
liertaa  notfaing  I  thoaght  oonldlràTearoiisea  héti 

'  *^  *  The^  vile,  file  wretoh  I  ^  she  oried.  *  iUiother  lost 
tod  riiined.  tbfongh  his  Imseti'esa  1  Take  ine  to  him  !  t 
fear  iiim  no  more  !  jloouse  him  of  marder~-I  will  aid 
you  t  Send  him  wherehisàtrocioia.wiokedness  oan  bttght 
no  more  innocent;  lîves.  He  deserves  no  mercy,  and  we 
will  shov  him  Jionel  He  is  a  mnrd^rer  and  a  bigamiat  ! 
As  siroh,,let  the  law  of  the  land  deal  with  htm/ 

"  1  hâte  no  more  to  i»y.  I  am  hère.  Caroline  only 
-waits  my  snmmona  to  foUow.  To^morrolr  she  will  ioome. 
B^ore  aWther  Bun  sets  the -wretoli  yo^  hâte  married  wiU 
|My  the  penalty  of  Uê  ciiàm,  and  Laiu»  AUward  vill  ibé 


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ta 


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?A8T  HELP.",  nf 


^ÏAW  HOFH,  lyjyWÇABl,  PAST  HKLP.'» 

Thb  tragic  atoiy  was  fiteished— the^story  Willie  AUwaid 
M  corne  80  far  tp  tell^he  8^^Jr  Jtagdalon  AUward  hiid 

^tbnljmg  panse  followed.  Wild  and  high  ^ïiefc«d  tfa» 
jrmtrrjriniTOd  deep  and  hoane  the  river  roaled  roéhinjr 
by.    ThelwgiieMBttiedoorwaygtrainedeyerynem,^ 

"  Yon  hâve  told  œeji?  **  the holToirYoioe  <rf  Magdaton 
■aid,  ont  of^e  daijne»;  "and  to^morrow  GèoiS  B». 
•tone^e  lawful  wife  will  be  hew  ?    Why  to-moerow  ?** 

r  f^l  ^onld  he  be  ogpajréd  beyond  to.ni«rr0w  ?  Why 
net  BMe  hiw  at  ouoe  ?  Why  not  t«>.inom)ir  aa  well  ia 
a  raonth  henoe  ?  "  .  .-- 

Ml  f  ®  ?  *^"*  '~"^  MiUford.  I  do  QQi  know  that  ho 
inll  b0  baok  to-morrtfw.  Bnt  he  amy  bèç  and  it  i«  well 
tobeready^  Send  lof  the  Wife.  Iwantto  stand  ifewto 
&ce  with  Oe<Nrge  Barston*^»  wife  before  the  wid  of  ail 
«rrives/*  . 

/'Yen?** 

"II  Befow  the  e^d  of  thia  m^rablé  atoty  ooi&âa.  I 
gnst  Me  *he  woman  who  it  what  I  shonld  be.    oTi^ 

^^l  ^}i^^^  *'»*  Xfhouldait  hure  and  hear  snoh  horroii 
analivel"  ,  /  .    ,  ,  ^. 

"  We  w»  îiTe  throngh  more  than  that»  WilMe  Aflwàrd 
aaid,  cynic^y._  «It  jmnhr  in  novels  that  hearts  fareak 
and  people  dieof  tronble*^.  We  èat  and  sleep,  let  onr  niseiy 
be  ever  so  greal,  and  dr%  ont  exiatenœ  nntil  onr  hea& 
are  gray,    Yottahall  see  OarofineT,  if  yoa  wiah  it,  and  hear 

ïo<r  irould  ba  rather  prematnre,  even  il  fae  doea  rètoiti. 
Yoga  ahaU  fix  the  tim0,  if  yoB  Vish." 

Thim^itt  110  anwwil  1^^   si^  rigid,  wil 
»éè  and  dOated  eyes.    < 

"loaiinotbeli^  îtl.  I  eannol 
idofriy,  in  a  alnuig«»  di^  voioe. 


:i'> 


'«" 


•  \  *5 


nttirâerer  t   Tk  oaanot  be  t  ii  is  impossible  !    There  it  a 
tewiWe  mkteke  «omewhere»    I  tell  yon,  Willie  AJlward, 
there  is  â  JWgbfcftil  mistake— we  are  ail  wrong-^Georg»^ 
^arstone  is  not  tbe  man  we  feake  him  fo  be  I  " 
.  She  arose  tohor  fèèt^th  a  sadden  flash  of  iospiratioii 
r-a  jjwift,  prophetào  ôonyietioa  of  the  truth. 
^     "  It  oannofe  be,  I  ïepeat  I    We  are  ail  ^rohg,  Willie, 
^^rè  is  A  dreadflil  mistake  !    Oeorge  Baretone  is  ene  of 
^^^the  nobleat,  the  gentlest  of  men.    You  paint  a  detiL 
We  are  *  f ar  wide^°irom  firêt  to  last.    ï  tell  yon,  Manxiett 
.  'LangleT  and  Geoi^' Barstoae  are  noi  pne  and  the.samis 
man  t** 

Her  Toice  rèse,  her  eyet  flashed,  tbe  eolorcame  back  W. 
her  cold  face,  as  she  stôdd  there  ereoi  in  the  ^arkneéi» 
-    Her  brothèt  listened  <>op*emptaoi»ly. 

•* Theire  i»  Bô^^  «fetak«,*^,he^  laid,  resotetely.  "  I^nah  : 
tiieie  wfs,  for  yonr  saka,  Maurice  Langlej  ind  ^e^M 
Bftfstonearêt&eSfti^eman.  Thinkof  the^oof»!  Bachel 
reàofôilMïitMlii^I  reeogtrîsed  him.  There  ivthe  unerring 
mark  npok  huTarmMihehWsret  in  hî»4ife.  Do  yon  asi 
any  more  thân  ttiat  ?  '^  "    •      .      ,     , 

8he  put  both  hands,  in  à  blind  sort  of  iray,  to  her  head 
— -dinty,  benambed.  __    -      ,■ 

^«  You.8hall  haye-raore*"  Willie  said,  mtmr«np$  h^  o^« 
qnestioo  ;  **i!«d  I  i^ïU  poetpone  Ihe  dwv^ent  until 
yon  are  f olly  satîMëd.  .Yoâ  exj^t  Barstone  home  to* 
morrow  ?  " 

**  Thei^  hère,  take  this.  It  is  Caroline  Beed'a  pi^w 
-^  Wnjim  liieneSB.  Plade  i^iis  wh«re  îtwill  meet  h»  ey^si 
and  waton^iàveU  wh«n  he  ftwt  seesit.  If  he  sboiijp  n^ 
gnilt  or  Burprfee,  tfien  wewfll  haToCarolii»  down  toiook 
at  him  oàthe  qniet  Will  that  «itisf^yottt^^H  thifclaat 
cnicial  teét  fails,  why,  the%--why,  then,  Twin  own  ther« 
18  a  mistake,  andhegid  atWebegin^Bgagain.  Andiiow 
I  think  yoqi  had  bett«w  stiùrt  for  hiWïe,  or  ydn  will  haï» 
them  acRWSRffig^  -^#^^^Bwa:-*ft«^  ,foa»^  G^»|pr«Ma»  «|t* 
Take  my  arm.  I  witt  see  you  safely  throngh  the  storm  to 
the  bouse," 

^beyed  him  mediamoallr»  bar  haad  éloebg  hard 
he  had  giveu  nef.    She  «s»  so  ttanned 


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yji^  on  the  thre.fead,  wbo  had  not  oanght  one 
•*«.*-^  'iî  j**^  *ï®  TOQviBff  «parfc  ta,  tb«  iniem.,^- 

^™y  iiVht        *'''"***  oi  tke  <rf4  miU  oat  inrS 

*' W«  are  likejy  to  We  »  pleaaant  walk  of  ît  **  wmu 
^^T*Ç  they.jhmk  of  yoii  at  Ooldea  WiUowa  ?" 

*S?T  T**«  i**"*^  ï»l««eé^lMy  wm  aooti  know  alL« 

"  ^oî^        hM»û4  ahe  wiU  nake  no  miatato^lrtiéW 

yafda  iarther  on,  a  œan  went  by  ihrai,  and  ato  ii^mm 

«|Mit  /    w  bat  jdid  Uua  'sliimir»  aertinff  nortMiH  »    t«  ki 
J^  Rgbti  fratpi  tha  drawing  «nd  lËning^iooA  windAWB 

He^n.^kWM  a««ftwd  atood^  ^^^^^^^"^ 


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HAODÂLBirs  yov* 


Miss  Wintfl»  «^ei»  littlo  sbiiek  ftt  sighi  of  lUiii,ittid 
held  ap  lier  flowmff  robes»  V  .  \ 

**Lor*,  Phill  rthoiiglit  yon  wer«  a  bprglfur  )  Wber» 
on  earthhaTo  yon  bçenf  And  ohl  lor  graoions'  sak^' 
irhereisifagdaittn?"       -  • 

''Mrs.  Barstone iriU  be kere in fif teen  mii^Q tes.  Whei» 
baye  I  beea  ?  Do  Ton  know  tbe  old  mill  by  Ûte  rÎTer, 
near  the  town  P    I  baVe  been  tbere.*^, 

"  And  what  on  eartb  took  von  there  ?— 'hot  If  agdalm  f  * 

**  Mi^alen,  most  oertainly  I    Shé  maatn't  know  I  fol«^ 
lowed  ber>  thongb.    Sbé,  Fonldn't  like  it,  I  dare  say. 
She  went  there  to  keep  an  ànftbititment." 

"  An  appointmenfcl    Oh,  Phîl  I    Witb  a  mi^a  ?  » 

"  Witb  a  mân,  most  deoidedly  I  He  is  escorting  ber 
borne  «t  this  présent  moment    Me  vas  waiting  for  ber  at 


tbe  old,  miÙ,  and  he  bad  a  lantem  tbere-^^w  preptfrêdj» 
yoa  see  ;  and  shé  sat  talking  to  bim  Qne  good  boor.  >  It^ 
Tery  mysterions  ;  and>  if  I  were  George,  I  tbinkl  I  sbonM 
pnt  a  stop  to  it;  Mind  I  not  a  bint  tbat  I  was  |(  '  looker 
on  in  Venice.*  **  i 

"  But,  oh,  Fhil  I"  Fanny  gasped/  '*  wbat  «an  it  lojean  P 
And  to  meet  a  màn  !  and  on  snlsb  a  ni^ht  I  Ob»  Phil  I 
it  mttst  be  tbe  same  man  she  met  tbat.  nii^t,  And  kissed, 
ira  thé  garden."  . .      -         •  \ 

«Whatni|fbt?"  >      il 

Dootor  Phuip  bad  removed  bis  snioW'-ooT«r«d4>terooat»  ' 
stampoid  thesnow  off  bis  bootSi  and  led  the  ,way%to  tha 
cUning<«ooni,  follo.iréd  by  Fanny.  ( 

''  Iliayen't  bad  a  œontbftrl  of  dinn^  yet,*'  tbe  iyoong 
lady  said,' glancittg  at  tbe  -table,  "exoept  somei  san£ 
wiohes  and|oiind.^»ke  she  gUTo  me.  I  kiiiiv  everything 
Wîll  be  spoiiedi^-V  \ 

'"  Tell  meiMïoat  tbat  nigfat  yon  spotk«  of  »  Fa»^  an^  tbe 
man  she  kissed  in  tbe  garoion.        , 

Fannr  repeated  tbe  taie  sbe  bàd  told  Aant  L^ia. 
Whensbehad  conolnded,  tbe  bonae^oor  opened^for  tbe 

corered  witb  snow,  stood  %ef ore  tbem.  l 

''  My  c^  Mrs.  Ikurstonei^'^e  doôtor  asîd,  i|tartix^  np, 
perisbed.    Why  in^  tti*  irodd  did  j^i(  pinriMiilîiii 

JjÊ^  a  night  ?    ïake^ff  yonr  wet  (d<Màes  i|iul 

«ome'i0^«l|ipmediatdyé    livatotahÊit%mAAt^f^ 


■    \. 


••PÀfflP  HOPH^  Fàat  OAS^  JPiAST  HELR'r-W 


*1??**  1Ç=H  *^°^2?*'  l*«Kdiilen,  yon  intist  bave  yow 

SSîf  ^Jî™«^  *^^»  i  think,  togo  out  siMh  »  dreftdfal 
nteht.  JThoi^^  earth  bave  you  been  ?  "   H        ««*«*« 

^j^^^à^not^w^^  for  mé»i^l^^^^       Wlttt  1wraiii«^  . 
^^\^^^^  ▼»«»  thft  wor4s  into  her  c;^  roomiwnd 

She  droppea  oA  hwr-Bnbw-ooveifed  garroente  in  a^hom 
«tt  ihe  oarrotand  ga^k  down  în  thiJ  ob&yiher  banda  folS 

the  w<»iild.be^aagaà8in  of  bis  wife  I  lùFeTytbing  î™^ 
fore  bereyeeitt^a  bot  fliiét.  Tbere  i^aa  i^l^ttï^S 
S^wnv^  fe?^  th»*  benumbeiberVleft  biTpo^ 

SÏJ^i-ïî*  »W  «î»*"*  <rf  ha  <wm  âiiid-it  worked  ob 
«iPd  on  lifee  a  ranohine.  ïï 

;,  ?»î»>««^  ^hÛe  she  n^  tboreOehe  never  btëdM 

în^fiirpsiïd,  nnconaoïoos  tbi^  ^  bel^  it^tg  iiES^S 
jpoa  the  flooï  drewber»fefeention  fco  it  atlltat.    »u>^b3 

^r"  *^à*°  old-fiwbi^ned  «imbrotype,  4 
rf*°îSj*^  **^^»  ''^^  «>fl*ndàltar  ai  ai 


4  ■*«8 


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,  V. 


ImMs  «m»,  with  UmK  iMir  rippUng  o«  »  low  foMhead. 
•milÎDg,  dimplad  lip«^  fiid  large  Topiiâoiis  eyeg.  Th« 
pre^jr,  haedless  Imo  o{  «  gtti  of  lixt^eii,  sntonched  by 
florrow  and  nnmarred  by  eanhly  {wanon.  '^  •     - . 

Maffdalen  gaaed  at  it  long-^then  ildwly Nplosed  and  put 
a  in,  MX  pbeket*    A  greàt  sensé  ol  irefrineéi!^a8%t«alme 
orer  ber-fthe  fatigae  of  her  lonj^  walk,  tfaè  ref^f^n  ol  so 
mnch  exbitement,  were  b0giiiiung  to  tBalce<y|bein8elTea 
jÉlt    Sitting'tliere  in  her  cnair  before  tho  Ar^  ber  bead 
dropped,  her  troubles  ended  in  a  mercif  q1  dbimôn.    She    . 
uni  heaTilj  aeleep.    Sh«  «lept.for  many  hcmf4~-deeplyj^ 
dreamlessly—^d  opened  her  ejres  to  find  the  Are  1ai*E.-~- 
deady  the  roopt  efafll,  aMl^lbifM  with  pale  Febroarr  Baïf^ 
•hine.    6he  tooked  at  fa^É^ijirtlHi^it  vas  Mst  ten--4ibe  had 
dept  niae  hoars.    That  Idng»  deathlike  «m  had  ehanjml 
her  strangely.    The  dall,  tbrùbbink  1Mia#flf  fjjéiA  «nd^ 
heert  were  gone,  «nd  a  great'calaÉjaA  taken  ^eir  placé*  ^ 
It  waa  tl|e  ealrâ  that  oomes  with  i^pnme  demaîr }  but  ita 
*eep  «eadnesaleft  her  pover  to  tbii^i^ldiintad  tha 

ig»;:«f  her  anguighr  Memory  broitpINiyifef  ironi  for 
Word»  Willie's  tearrîble  «torr  ol  laet  iûfàxi,.midébB  m 
longer  deubted  itii  tmth,  ^he  wae  no  vif e--ehe  iras  &e 
moet  iQBt  and  wretohed  of  «omeik  ;  and  Oeorge  Baratona 
was  tha  viteet  of  al|  yile  soonadr^  She  took  the  "ambre- 
type  ont  of  her  poolce^,  half  opened  it»  dirànk  from  it  i» 
taongh  ithad  been a "viiwfr,  and  rephioeà  it Iritfa  a  lîck 
•hndder;  .  ' 

"If  I  oanikol  b«ar  to  look  «pon  the  piotnred  faee,  ho« 
will  I  look  up»  tiio  Hting  one,^  she  ^faenght.    "Ajui  ^ 
to-morrow  I  win  see^her!    To-day  0eorge  wul  ho  hent 
I  will  |(h<»w  him  thi%  and  th«n~^«ikâ  théki  the  aoattarth» 
0ùà  oomeé  and  aU  la  over,  the  botter.^ 

There  was  à  efaMrp  ràp  at  thé  door,  and  X^anny^  impatieiil 

voiiie  spoke  Withont  : 

'«Magdahml  Magdàlen  I are yon daad ?  JPIeaae t^  eo» 
tf  yanare,  and  Phil  wHl  break  open  the  door.  Ù  idiffl^ 
iuueeJ|^^i<HÉri:4«t^iHt>kb'*  <7^-^-~~^^^^^      '    -"^    '--^p^^^^  - 

Ha|^ié&  àroao  at  onoe  lAd  tilraed  ^e  kv,  «wiflinnj 
boo&oe^-haipetooaely  in.      <  . 

V  Thia  màkes  the  fonrtii  tôie  I^re  oobu»  TÉUpklïg.  I 
thoaght  I  wonld  anooeed  at  laat  Why,  goowtoaa  iml 
Jfittdiilen   Bantone,   yM^   natii   Imm  «»   mii 


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'^Thwmorningp**  - 
t^iJ'^fL't^*  l»»d  adesjHitohj  ha  it  oomîng  in  tù  12:80 

r^i»N^«rh«r,  and  put  on  ona^^,ottr  pîetty  SSnîSÎ 

Mai^alen,  109k  hen  !    What  is  thu  «natter  wth  t»b 
'  «ror  «inoe  j<m  came  home  P    Wbafc  hZ  Q^  dût»«  tîS 

L^I  ^^tte*"?**"  '^'««•verthej.indto.i.how  Umui?: 
i>u|  1  conld  see  it  m  ycmr  eyeB  when  too  lookad  Rt  him 

Sie^t^^eVT"  V'"!'"''"^^  *^  nS  af en  to  Plîiiî:   ' 

T^terday,  and  1^  the  day»  pïwH^nfc  Magdale^  owld 
not  hajAf  Pdpred  this.    To-dw^  slie  lîKned^^d^^ 

«r^ ^  ^^~^  wp^ted.     ''  What  faaghe  to  do  withifeF» 
fe^  UTm«j,  lUce  the  reat  ot  nt.^  But  W  W  î  i^^diî  " 


it^i 


-*%1 


"«-•r."^ 


-•r; 


.»^ 


^ 


..»»ï 


,;^,*Hir^?gsji;gM       . 


'ià^■:^' 


ïï' 


ï,/ï       -  ».  " 


sr-,  ,  /  , 


JH" 


âreadfoDy  ttèltiioholy  toi 


iHrt  yoQ?^  béeft  i 

,  there  wls  no  telliiig]!«a..  WVm  ^gagéd,  and  oh, 
Ifagdlilen»  I  amw  happi  1  f eel  almoat  or^y  T^  I  oan't  ré- 
alise it  at  times.  I  iaoliae  kim  '  i4oTè  him  beyond  evéry- 
thing  1  And  he^a  lo  gentlemanîy  and  so  agreeable^  and 
he  knowB  so  maoh,iand  h^'s  ^  handsome.  uv(%  he  hand« 
some,  Kagdalen^  and  don't  yen  adore  pale  yônng  men, 
vith  dark  ejes  and  hair,  and  white  tee%  and  a  blaok 
muBtaohe.  Fhirsian't  blaok  jast  novr  :JÉIke  nsed  to 
dyei^  u^id  then  it  was.  fshaU  hàTO  kinï^dye  it  agaia 
wnen-trô're  œarried." 

<'  Married  I  "  Hagdalen  again  repeated.  "  Has  it  (Jotne 
to  that  ?    DoM  Hin  Baratone  know  ?  **  *^* 

She  fofgot  ndr^wn  great^  aorrow  lot  th^  moment,  inbfT 
aSeotion  for.tbis  little^^rljtwhpse  ronnd,  rosy  fàoe  eïoiréllf 
before  her,  almost  .beaai^fied.  with  the  delight  oxlove's 
yonng  dream.  '        ,   ,      ""'-.. 

''Oh,  yes.BheknowSyOfoonne/'f^ftnnjreplied.^  ** MRi 
WoQld  yoQ  believe  it,  Magdaten?  sbe  didiiH  Ijke  it  a.bit 
Ndw  wasn't  that  heartlew  ?  and  her  own  nepfidw^  itoo  t 
Oeorge  jnarried  yon,  and  see  hoir  pleased  she  waesj  "Btt*- 
then,  George  was  always  her  favorite.  "^  I  don't  see  %hat 
sort  ol  tastes  sonie  people  hâve,  for  my  part,  and  I  oan't 


than  the  mopn's  tp'be  oompared  tp  a^monldy  cfieese. 
We're  going  to  be  marrled  in  a  month,  andsaiiforEaropa 
at  once.  Qh  1  Magdàlen  !  Only  ^ink  of  seeinsf  Paru» 
and  London,  and  '^enice,  and  _  thé  Bridge  of  JÉgbs,  and 
prisons  and  palaoes,  and  tbeempress  ani  the  ToweT  ot 
.;;^^i^  and  gondolas  ànd  real  brigands,  and  things  1  Mag< 
lilllni,  it^t  so  splendid»  I  don't  believe  it  can  ever  c6m< 

Id^  Winters  à^ened  ,  her  eyes  Tery  wide,  and  her 
ohaMK&ee  gre  v  ali  àt  once  grard  and  Solemn,  as  she  mada 
this  6S»|$iWiajgk>^.     •  _  _    _ 

" Ofir^alSr,'*lfagdiaèn swd,  *'^iakécatê I  takéoare I 
Are  Ton  sure  hé  loves  yon,  or  is  it  only-—"  she  pansed. 
.  *'  My  sizty  thonsand  dollars  I  **  oried  ont  the  heiress,  in^ 
çtfgnantly.  **  There  it  is  again  !  Even^body  Ihrows  my 
sixty  thoi)8^nfl  doikirs  in  my  f aoe.  Of  ooprae  he  loves  m«^ 
•nd  of  oonne,  he  couldn't  many'ae  if  J^didn't  hav<»  tiMl 


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w^io  ▼«*•  ■,Me  nwrw  dai«d  oome  hwe  MoadM  ha  »*■ 
to  nuurtj  him,  and  share  big  hambla  Inf      a«^  k^        -  ? 


itSnbïtoed 


ft. 


be4  and  told  me.then  how  il  hS^Tifne'ïad  i^S^h^^ 

Aftiinr,  ooW Bhadow o! a  S9>»e  flitted oyer tbeliiteneA 

^^  '^ÎÎ^'P**^  "°^  *^«»  «i«  k«*É  on:    -  ^®*f*  r 
Jtto  thkiOT  I  tried  to  show  you  yefrterday  weJ^  th» 
PSfc  ot^Y  weddinir  c  othi»  an^  /««  J^liî^i  ^^™ 


«4      T***^®' *"*"*"*«  *bmkof/*  . 

Yes,  I  dare  Bay  I    YouVe  donè  nothinir  else  bnithink 

.^^^  tiién;    1  «Il  iïuîigdow^^t^i^w^ 

Pannyfolloirod*  '    /  "'^    - 

it  in  iile^f ''*'^*  ""^î^*^  '^«^  »^^  *•'»  «d  sh0  uto 

Zi'xl^r^  W"  *r*b  bis  coldnesa   and  dislika.    Pn*» 
childrBba.^aSért^ftttettérfatel'^^^^  ^^^^ 

iwtb  her  hûiiban|.  ûé#  ao  B«ilrr^^  •»«»  «w  »w  m^mag 


ïty 


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MAGDALEN'B  YOW. 


Ifc  was  part  eleren  when  she  «rote  and  weitt  isto  the  dm«w 
ing-nxMDk    The  |kûuu>  atood  ojpen,  and,  obi^ing  anijOEipiilfKj 
«he  Bat  dowB  and  beg^  to  plaj.    Qha  stroTe  to  l^SP 
titoiig'lib*~to  forget  lor  one  lurief  hour  at  Idast.    Sbe  might 
Itérer  ait  herè  and  timolL.tho80  vbite  kejB  again.    Xt  was  a  - 
new  and  T«rr  fine  piano-nilne  of- George'»  many  wedding 
mtta,    Ab»  how  good  he  had  heeti  alwaya  tô  her,  and  how 
htkppy  afae  had  been  hère  !    Tears  rose  to  b«E^f|^lor  the 
firstlime  ;  a  quiet  sadnesa  fijied  her  heart.  ^^I^iàd  an 
nntittnnîUe  horrér  of  his  ertmfifi  but  for  him  ebe  feit 
nothmg  now  but  a  great  compassjlon.    She  played  softly. 
on^inonrnfttl  mélodies  from  Moiarfc — and  the  lofera^mt- 

|a  pansed  in  their  talk  to  iisten  to  the  weird  sweetneas. 

te played  oornutilth^menr  jingk  olsleigh-beUAreaohed 
her  ear.  Thé  bdia  approdbhed,  tnmed  in-4it  the  gâte. 
Sbe  aroee  aad  looked  ont.    Yes»  George  had  corne  I' 

Her  heart  gave  one  great  throb  and  then  stood  atitl. 
An  instant  later  and  he  had  Btn>de  in,  hk  £ftce  glowing, 
his  eves  sparkling. 

«  %  darliMiÇ|be;iBBay','<  hereJ  am,  back  again,  and 
never  m  my  Ufa  IraiiLf  ao  gkd  tolfet  home.     I  saw  yoii  at 
^|?f  *he  window,  and  nerer  wiuted  to  anwrwE^Fanny  or  Phil." 

He  folded  her  in  his  arma,  and  kliii|ilier  aîter  his  own 
impetttons  fashion.    She  œade  nala^snee.^  She  stood  • 
vhite  and  stiU.  ..  -       .  ^ 

"  Wbat.  Ml^gdalen  I  "  he  aaid,  rejwoachf  nlly.  «*  Naword 
of -weloome,  and X  bave ibonght  tsfety  honr  «month  that 
heid  me-from  yoa  ?"  , 

"  I  am  elad  yoa  bave  oome  back,  George/'  she  aaid, 
al^wjy.    "1  hare  been  wisbing  foor  ¥oar  retnrn.  too.*' 

"  That's  my  good  little  Vife  î  Hallo,  Fan  f  Oom©  in 
hem^  and  g[et  n^  sometbing  to  eat.  I*Te  had  ijypthing 
«A^  six  tfais  moming,  and  uie  eommouariat  ia  «Iwvfs  in 
y^war,  IMl  rnn  up  and  take  ofl  theet  thinga*  Hâve  it 
tmàf'.  when  I  corne  down.** 

'  Bo;^;da8hed  np  the  sUira.  Faiioy  gavo  the  neoessary 
«rç^  «^  irftnt  x»nt,  ânl  ««j«ined  hec  PhiL  One  of  tho 
hona^miâda  fuùào  along  thr  bail  in  s  tery  few  minâtes» 
beatinip  •  ttt^  wità  a  daliMite  Innohaon,  and  laid  it  ont  in 
-^idlttii^tbQTai    Bfae  had  «vacftliJiig  anattged,  and  had 


>  «m^éaffaMiflieendad. 


,  Jl 


v^";"    m 


4''     ■  % 


i^ij  «Tîî^.- 


«••^afey»!**. 


)od  *' 


bat 

iû      .il 
mg 

ia 
iitr 

ùMl- 

«  FASa»  HO?ï|,  raPÈTABE,  iPAST  HELP.»    «W 

âbamMttred  Itehind  the  long,  green  wîndx)W-ourtaing.    SI 
Wràl4.m»  Oeoige  fàiàaLy^  bvt  he  would  not  see  her. 

Kr*  BantouQ  inââs  an  expedîtloaa  toilet,  and  cïattered 
down-stairs,  whistling  a  jîg.  He  was  on  the  heighta  ot 
bliai  once  mon,  Had  not  the  wifo.he  worshiped  toid  hiiÀ 
she  «aa  k\»à  ho,  was  liome  ?  He  lookod  in  the  drawîng- 
?oom  ;  she  wàs  not  ttitsrer  Ho  entered  tbe  dîmn<-rooa; 
Bho  mu  not  (»  he  «een.  He  caUed  ;  there  was  no  reply. 
Z'Oddl».  thonght'  George,  a  trifle  disar  "^ 
^  **>WjbiœB'«  ahe    gono   to  ?      Where'a    Mra. 

This  to  the  âil  who  entered  to  wait  npon  him. 
"Tm  Bnrô  I  dont  Ibow,  air'' Snaan  responded^  ponr^ 
ing  ont  hia  coffee  and  adjasting  the  plates.    **Anything, 
•  Oise  ?  •   '       ,  . , 

''That  will  do,  Sqsan.    Ha  !  what's  this  ?  something 

Hetook  np  the  jftmhrotjrpe  carelèasiy  enoogh,  and  opened 
iL  The  inatant  af ter,  hetrose  to  his  feet,  wîth  a  atartled 
exolamatum.  Magdalen  turnçd  oold  as  dîeath.  He  atood 
holding  the  case  from  him,  and  j^iaing  at  it  much  as  if 
that  yoongé  ûiir  face  had  been  a  denth'a  head.  A  seoond 
or  two  he  stood-j^  then  he  doaed  it  aharnÏT,  and  atrode  at 
^ea  oui  ^  the  i-oom. 

;     Magdalen  leaned  heavily  againat  Oié  irindow,  aick  and  , 
feint  unto  death.    There  waa  no  miatake  then—he  recog-- 
nized;  beyottd  aU  donhtj  the  niotore  of  Caroline  Bee 
She  glided  ont  froin  Her  hidmg-plaoe  and  enoonnt«r< 
ïîanny  enterÎBff  the  hall  , 

"  «  .?*  **  *"^  «natter  with  yonr  hnaband,  lt«.  Bta- 
?î^?  .  •  *S*  .hwreaa  demanded,  with  sonie  àaperitr. 
«What  M  he  m  suoh  a  flarnr  abont,  and^  whai  dOarh* 
want  or  Phii  ?  Ordenng  me  into  the  honae  after  atto&ltat 
imperatire  feahion  I  I  ahoold  not  hâve  atirred  albo 
onlT  t^hil  aeconded  it  I    llu^*j  tà^e  matter  P  ^  -      - 

Magdalin»  made  no  re^jr.  Sbe  w€lht  iftiwght  ta  faar 
JJ^^^^^^thoniaa  inataiit^  d^,|atdo«b  andwiiB^ 

Tharoîsno 

aa>n  fika  »otiipd^1l&âl 


• ,.»-: 


"5---««-    Wfi 


"'•.•.'i  .'-iJln  K^iatàKTWI 


9Kl 


làA&nÂmm^m. 


rfJ^  •?5^^**^*"*?*^  are«»J  for  »  waWf,  jlided  dows* 
rtairs  and  ont  of  th©  hoiue.  No  one  gaw  hèr.  Herhn». 
l»nd  «nd  his  coiisin  wew  m  the  Willow  Wàlk,  and  Fanny 
was  ^ttenmg  her  little  png  noee  against  a  tide  window. 
watoning  tbem.  * 

What  they  wonld  think  of  this  «addën  flig^t,  the  fint 
ZT!^}'Î^  GeorgeVawival,  she  nwer  pansed  Wloonaider. 
What  dw  appearances  matter  now  ? 

And  in  the  Willow  Walk  th©  two  men  itood  talkinir  with 
stwngely  startled  fooM.    Jt^Wae  Dootbr  PhJl  whoheldtho 

I  thia  hoDse  F  ** 
r.  X  111  Hure,  '  Tesponded  Qeoreei  who  looked 

^L  ^#  l    ^h»liP  Baraton©  repeated,  looking  at  him  in  » 
io?t  of   hoïTor.    i^iy^jo^  mad  ?    î  lnean^^-.ha8tily-i  . 
LTÏ  ^"  •^'  i«»q«  rie»  on  f opt.  and  l©t  Fanny  know  th> 
teo^r  ^  no,  no  I    3©8i^  f  fançy  I  s©©  tkiigl^;tl»r 

"Yoû  do?  w©n/hMg^É^^^ 

^'f,ïï'®^Z?*.%*'  Caroline^  pictnre  hero  ?'* 
•v,^    # T»:^  ^    thedoctortiW  tnrned  qnit©  livid  atthe 
S:"^  **ÎJH®  "^^if*    ,"lw"l  tèll  yott^l»t©r-giv«  i^ 
tim©iothink.    Where*©  jdor  wif©  f  «^  «  ^^  «w 


therew 
met  thati min/^'  -'T  T"  «^  -^  m^^  Hm  to 
■  "Whatlinanf**      ■  '    /•   ^'^"'■^'■^     "  '- 
"  Johnston©,  Georm,  <dd  bo»,  Pf»  along  and  t«t  dia- 
i"**^W©  «tprj  to  tell  yon.    iannr  knowî-AqniLydî 
»--giTO  me  a  monient  her© jflon©,  and  I  wifl  W 
,ç.ip.thehoa«e  and  tell  yonalL»*  »  ^"*« 

igé^k©4away«    George  retttinfld^w1fiA4h4ltoniH>- 
Se  m»ffieîirW^#ÏÉ  Mï%  ; 

had  walked  to,  the^nk,  tur^  tii©  wnBwtype,  irith  m 
l»"  forc#JV  into  th©  ^raaea  kka  helow.    1©  «»w  it 
there  iii  a  do««&  pieo««, 

^  God  I  if  th«^|||  comea  ont,  after  ill 
id  bj  ouMM  «(  Lfnmk  Aa«Md%  aiter  I  * 


his 


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hns* 

ànhy 

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Ûtat 
ider. 

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in  a 


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ri  to 


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A   WÊ$-  -I  BBI^^  î>3ÔI>Mfmi'S  HONBST.'»- «S^ 


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m 


OHAPTEB  XXVI. 


Gbobob  BABOToirjï  strodè  up  Maà  down  the  drowin». 

mUl^by  the  mer,  tod  of  tlie  susiîpoiis  interview  îield 

f^tt^'u      ^  »i»f  MH*»l»e  of  him  by  the  light  of  the 

7^^  fîi  Tii^^"5^îî  '''  «»«»«' «0^  theletter  the 
rewiT^,  the  night  yotf  left,.  must  hâve  heen  to  appoint 

«nwTi^î*^  1.;"  **  «?y  b«««f  »he  haa  g«ie  into  MlfeoS 
now,  tojQieet  h|pi  again.^  ,  •*  »« 

For  Jfâgdalen  ^wSb  Bot  to  be  fonnd,  and  one  of  the  aeiw 

Sn?.-''î?^i*^^"  8he  had  eeen  »i  BanîSne  qaitU^ 
honsej  attired  for  a  walk,  oter  fif toen  minutes  before. 

Ton  sav  yon  were  »t  Oie  door  dnring  the  intervieir/' 
Geogre  «1,4  at  length ;  «ïeU  i«e  wût  yo*Tw'^ 

and  the  nproar  of  the  «torm  WM  deafening;  Thîittte^ 
▼lew  lasted  oyer  an  hoor,  and  he  acoointtimed  her  baek  to 
the  honae.    I  pacved  thea  on  the  jKfedTniiknownTn 

mb«  niotiTe  that  irottld  take  âny  woman  tibreé  mâeé  ssi 
#%?*/5*^^  *  '^'«^^«nltokeep  snob  an  appoint 

«ireetheart.  byJo^I  We  don>t  need  ail  thia  mvi^*^^ - 
Mcrwf  to  meet  onr  Door  rehitiona.*'  f 

TWpy^tbe  bye,  I  had  forgotten.'Mhe  4ÔeuM 
daimed,  "  Ae  nerer  toW  tou  of^ttXe  aaw,^e  ii^ 
«orne  two  monthe  ago—bd^ore  you  watp  married  !  » 

"No;  wbÉtdidaheéeef*  ' 

'*  It  wat  dntîhg  Annt  JjjFdiali  iUiiMi,    Yoti  ▼- 
jOone^e  wmxip  itf  her  oim  le^,  «i  ICi» 
had  beniwittohi&f  %1^erf4)kiM«i,  iNttl^Mil 


'\S^ 


980 


UAmn 


lier  oonaiD,  again,  vbooi  aha  met  4ai  BÎeht    A^io  V«r!  ' 

•»d  wwer  baa  b««i,  aod  iieî%  will  b«^  ber  IotS?'^^^^' 

i.ûuJï.***^*  bwely.bat  bia cheekwaa «bêmrldfe  add 
h»  heart  aeemad  tom  withiil  bim.  ^^  •       '  ^*' 

Jwtjr  PhU  ,brag|3jd  hia  ahonlèw». 

^^^   Sun,  i|  thi»  matte^  fréta  wind-^  ^    »«wwi». 
•  ^.  IS?^'"'  i»  iwrtlf  Hkafj  toi  g»t 


,   ag» £■  j      'm       \ 


.  5«  t       - 


^;|4N!iAi'||a"Jli]ii 


** Tou  mwn  you  wiU  tell  hfitMàl?" 

"  fij  no  oûtuiA,  I  shiill  telï  her  nothing^  of  yon.  Ând, 
lor  tlie  ftttnre,  I  wUl  telieye  TOa  of  the  duiy  of  watohingr 
my-irlfe.  Yoa  do  noi»  like  bpr  tod  «he  heartily  didlUrea 
voai^  Be  kind  enoagh  to  intêrfete  in-  no  way  with  her, 
îrom  this  dft;^  forth."  /: 

Dootor  Philip  tornçd  to  quit  tharoom. 

««  I  WM  »  fool,**  he  «aid)  'îand  I  hare  reOeifod  a  fool'a 
reward.  Best  easy,  my  good  oonnln,  Mrs.  Baratoi)0  Méf 
go  nnwatéhed  to  her  noctnrnal  meetingé  to  the  endof  t|Eiy 
chanter,  for  me."  ^^ , 

He  stalked  ont  of  tfao  room.  It  wi^  thefiriitaerioQs 
qnarrcA  the  oonsina  had  ever  had,  and  tfast  thonght  did 
not  tend  to  soothe  George's  irritation.  Sbw  ent^ely  ba 
had^rnated  thia  woman,  and  hov  bittèr)^  he  had  been  de^ 
eeired^  /  ,  7       , 

"lootild  hare  staked  tnf  very  eonl  npoa  her  fldeli^ 
and  tnith,*'  he  thonght,  with  a  groau,^  "  and  ntow  !** 

Meantime  Magdalon  hM  r^hed  lÉUfordi  Btit  a  walk 
to  the  poBt-offio?  waa  retaO^çi^  nntteôwnary»  tôt  at  thé  en- 
tranoe  of  tlie  io^,  padng  slofrly  along  one  of  the  moat 
nnfreqt^etlited.  lit^  «treèta,  i(he  came  nice  to  âiee  with 
WilUo.  Sfae  «latohed  hia  arm  and  lo^d  at  hûa  wlth 
gleaming  eyea» 

•'  WeU/*  he  said,  "  the  mtk'a  como  baok  f  * 

'  *  He  came  nbt  an  honr  a^,  and  he  has  aeen  the  plotora 
l^nd  reoogiqped  it  at  on^  1  aaw  amase  and  iborror  in  hit 
face,  I  tell  yoa.  Tbere  oan  no  longer  be  the  sl^adow  of  a 
donbU  Send  for  Oaroline  Baed  as  «oou  aaion  nfeaae^*^ 

''Bl^what,  did  Ii6^9fty  F ''Willie  demandée     -    ' 

'^^thing  to^ittfcr-  1  washidden  ftom  view  whetf  h^ 
looked  jitHnw^iHMjVERF/if&d  hie-foiiiip'ind  lefl'ttrrhflfiÂr 
I  raik  np  to  my  room,  wrote  a  note  to  yoa,^  and  iras  on  nty 
way  to  noBt  it  now.  He  ia  the  man^  Wfllie.  Let  hia  wiô 
coma  wMo,  ahe  liKeÉ**^  ' 

"î  Vill  téU»raph  to-day-nshe  will  be  hera  by  thiitime 
to-m^now;  If  you  waA|  to  aae  her»  yen  têca.  oome,  to. 
iii^apjii^i^eriu9qo«'to  Freeman'k  boi^ng-honaa  apdpilc. 


•^'^5 


sm 


1k'' 


MABDAmÉ'^rpw. 


oomeofm»,''  ™«  nnui^       i  kdow  «hst  wiQ  be- 

" iSiu*^®  ^^^  y*^"  befor©-*  relatif e.» 
1  he  same  j«ti  met  in  Kew  York  ?" 
'  "  1  ne  samei^      .  , 

**  There  m.*»  >  ^ 

"  Whicli  jott  wUl  not  tell  m©  P* 


i. 


tm 


Vf 


m" 


%r- 


! 


-Bnn  S^?* i  wi f**  *«? y*»» to-nighi    Bat mè eagy— 
r  ifUl  r'  he  tbok  ^  step  eairerlv  toward  her     «*  Vn™ 

"All.lp.roiniBe.»' 

shonM  not  hâve  been  so  imprudent,  my  own  dear  «irl-lVou 
m^bt  àave  caught  your  d^th.    And  now  theVÏ 5bnt  JSî 

"^he^  ambrotype  leffc  on  ihe  dining-room  table."  he 
«trered.  aaietlv.     «Left  there  by  you;  ww  it'nc^ 


>';>% 


^  -->    .  ...v„  there."   .  , 

you  came  by  the  portrait  7  *  ^* 

a  SSc^S  VnlÎL  '  w  *>^««°°\"»  î  ï>«t  that  loSk  was^h^i; 
a  look  of  gndt,  Ww  he  so  hardened—io  ntteily  deàd  to 
iéar_*nd  reniiorse  aa  ail  tbis  ?        4  ^ 

peat  yott  wiU  know  ail  ère  the  week  ends.  I  plaoed  th^ 
TOctnre^ere  td  see  wjiether  w  not  you  wonid^wS^ 
ft,^f  I  «aw  yoa  did.    Howl  o^m^hj^iS^^ 

rknoy,  y<m  w41  learn  later,  or **  * 

Shoi«rned  resoltttèly  to  leaye  him,  but  he  spoke  ajnûn  : 

I^^«t  ^^'^^^î^^f'  Magdalen-^yot,  went^  U^xi 
8t  now  to  meet  thaï  man,  Johnatone,  again  V*         ' 

^m^Uwm  be  anjpona  tp  know.  You  oan  set  his  mini 
at  rest  as  y<)n  ^Q  dow»."  »  ««  ■»«  nw  mina 

*ey  to  tto  door.  And  Geoi^  tnmea  hearil?  and  iIowIt 
to  qnit  the  bouse»  «ith  a  h&rt  th*t  îay  liWiïïi  in  h» 
bosom.     Wbnder  «nd  doiibt  «U  bî«:     WlS^stLàf 


H\ 


HH 


vtÀBDAXMjm  vom. 


èY- 


CkAPTEn  XXVII. 

AT  ^B  LÂ^  SfÔHBNT. 

ÇThs  12.80  train  from  ITew  Ydric,  on  the  lollowing 
JWDtighf  a  lodjjer  to  Freema«*«  boarding-hous^—a  ™.^ 
little  woman  m  black— who  gatô  her  ^ame  as  Mrs.  BeedJ 
it  waa  the  stwmlrôr,  Johnstone,  vho  bad  been  stop: 
T)mg  tbere  for  .some  daya  past,  wh«-jpreôent«d  her  to  t& 
lanaïad*  aa  his  «ster,  and  rôquestedf  that  a  cun  of  te» 
œight  fye  servçd  ,«t  once  in  ber  room.  '  Wheit  thtîèk^d 
toast  came,  he  Jeft  Mw.  Beed  to|»artak«  of  tbeff^iiÉ)^. 
ments  bT  hewelf,  and  Joung^^  in  an  aimlêss  sort  of  war, 
np  an*  do^  the  dreair  Uttîe  bfajk  street.  The  nproar. 
and  smoke  of  the  neighboring  laotoHea  filled  it,  but  fow 
pedpie  popséd,  and  those  few  took  no  notice  of  the  shabby 
yonag  man  in  tb©  «lonched  bat,  trho  paced  restlesslv  nn 
aDddowrt,.e▼ident^^wàitinglBlpaiiently. 

The  town  clook  toUed  the  amrnoon  faoars  tonQi«nf% 
and  with  each  the  shabby  yoong  mon  grew  moTe  and  inor© 
iwpatient.  Pour  Btraok—fiTe;  it  n^  wpidly  growînx 
dnrfcAmd  the  snn  vas  «etting  redly  far  off  behmd  tlS 
hUls,  ^hen  sfae  for  whom  he  waited  came,  lightly  and 
«mftly,  mto  the  dismal  little  street.  She  was  closèly 
piled,  bnt  there  was  no  mistaking  that  tall,  slim,  snpnle 
iignre--that  rapid,  gracefnl  mOk^  '^ 

«  At  last  I  "  Wiïlie  i(LlliwŒd  said.  disdontentedly.  «*  I*ve 
beeà  ^iting  abont  berç  for  the  last  four  hpnrs,  and  wae- 
Jttst  going  to  givé  you  np.'*,      ^ 

"  i  cpnld  get  away  no  soônor,*'  bis  sîster  aûswered,  breath- 

JteWU^mhgg  long  walk.     '/ 1  jwiited  nntiVPoçtaÉJ^ife 

Be^,%jSn8baiid'iî  brotber,  took  Miss  Winterfront  fpr  a 

ame,    H^  bas  playedthe  mv  on  mé  «tore  tfaan«noe.    I 

aid  not  wmt  him  to  folîoir  me  bere*    fias  èbi^  ûm.4  î" 

*' Yes-.l3^  |W  noott  Èmm.  .|  «ay,  Mk|fdi^,  iWc  ^ 

that  mght  in  fl^^ttSya^H»  }i9)pini&^hhét/-mm^ 
off  mtb  ian^BM  ajnd  ftijdttén  lier  ont  <»rtb*  fevMMi 

«  Xva  ûeid  ^oi  b»  r^tMJTJi'liiili^i  '  ii  ^.fifl 


»s 


»^  fer '3S--  ^"sri^-  - 

»nd  thom  thln,  d,tk  ioeksh^^^^I  *?''  "?>'*'». 
jj^^^^^  j  «FjwHMf  ma  piteoBp  ■«».    ItUoohi>d«»»n 

ploOBg  kak.     "I  don'iÉ 
mr  heart,    troi  ng  ,» 

BUIlStM."  


•  n 


„.-9S 


986 


MA&J>ÂJîSSrQ  VOW. 


•eeo.  He  had  potoe^tQ  wifymage  t<yflih,  two  other  gentl«> 
men  with  him*  and  hé  fell  m  love  #ith  mv  pretty  faee.  ^  t 
Was  pretty  then,  thoogh  never  half  as  beantifal  asyon.-" 
Ah  I  how  cpnld  he  do  itP  How  conld  he  do  it  F" 
n  *'  ^f.  ^«„°»PaWe  of  doing  inore  than  that,  Mrs.  Beed. 
G^on  1  He  marfwd  yon  thére,  I  aappose,  under  hia  aa- 
saMednamer''         l  ,  '^'^     '       ^ 

;^Hô  did.    I  hâve  onr  marriage  oertiacatô  hère,**  tap. 

pmç  her  breaafc  ;  "  and  the  mitiisterwho  married  ns  isitUl 

^ahve.    m  brought  me  to  New  York,  and,  for  nearly  » 

year,  tored  ma  and  was  eood  to  me,  and  gave  me  a  ladv»» 

Me.    But,  when  my  baby  was  ïborn.  it  ail  ended.v  H© 

Jated  ohildren— he  never  ooald  endure  to  look  at  it. 

J'îfn,  gradually,  hcj  cèased  to  visit  me.    I  lef t  the  oom- 

fortablelodgiugsiniwhwh  I  had  spentthat  one  happyyear 

and  took  a  poor  little  room  akid  Went  ont  to  work.    One» 

in  a  raro  mtervaJ  he  .viaited  me  atill  and  I  forgave  him  and 

Joved  him,  and  thanked  heaven  when  I  aaw  him.     I  loved 

him  so  dearlv  that  neither  désertion  nor  abuse  nor  blowg 

couid  qnite  km  it.    It  was^only  when  I  heard  from  hU 

coufedérate,  Bnrna,  who  had  Seën  groomsman  at  our  wed- 

ding,  that  he  had  another  wife  in  New  York,  that  ail  tha 

love  died  ont  and  anger  and  hatred  took  its  place.    I  wroto 

that  unfortdiiate  yonng  lady  a  letter.    You  know  wliat 

Xotlowed  for  her,  and  me,  and  my  c|iild.    It  has  made  m» 

what  von  see—an  old,  broken-down  woman,  at  twenty-six. 

Tu  M       lo'ward  with  hope  to  nothing  but  a  apeedy 

ueatn.  ,«•  ■  " 

8he  swayed  hersel^  ti»  and  fro  in  the  same  dreâry  war*. 
her  large  black  ejes  tearlew  and  blalik.  m, 

Magdalen'a  womanly  heart  #ent  ont  to  hérin  n  grei^t 
compassion,  noor  little  fraîl  waif,  tossed  abont  on  th» 
bitter  sea  of  Tif e  I  And  the  >nj^y  thrat  sôf tened  her  heart 
lor  the  betrayed  wife  liardened  it  to  stone-  for  the  maa 
who  had  done  this  dastardly  deed. 

**  The  villâin  I  "  shesaid.  **  The  ooward  I  Oh,  mightr 
God  !  wbere  sleep  Thy  thunderbolta  when  suoJit  ba«%  baa» 
wretchés  Jive  and  prosper  t  liet  vengeance  lall  upon  him* 
heavy  and  bitter  !  I  will  never  lift  a  flnger  to  aave  himT 
You  are  aure  vou  will  know  him  agaiu,  Mrs  Beed,  after  aXL 
those  years  ?  * 

"  Sure  I  "  fhe  said,  lifting  her  melanoholy  eves.  "  Cnt 
•  wife  forget.  her  JiuBl^aad  ?    But»  b^ore  I  stand  hm%à> 


4'    'I 


i«»  wjtli  him  as  his  aconBer,  I  shonld  like  to  look  «f  hi.* 


V 


'  It  6an  be  dgne,»  Magdalen  answered. 


SlL  ^??  r  7'  *''^'  ï  ^<^°'  home,  ghe  met  Z^T^ 
f^l;^''^Jf'Sht,i^^dmnonmed  that  a  surprise  Ci- 
jas  tobe  he  d  ta-mgbt,  at  the  honso  of  a  frieud  be^S^ 
MiUford-MiBs  Ella  ,0oldham*8.    George  fiSïtone^S 
consin  Miss  Wmteys  and  myself  BTBl^%e^^^^ 

^\hZl:^''  theboiis4B,  Willie,  yoa  c^^iu^ 
JMtatber^  and  see  ns  as  we  enteh" 

*  I  knoirthe  bouse,"  Willie  answ^red,  "a  larm  briok 

^  house,  on  the  bank  oltbe  mer,  with  a  long  ia^en  ^ 

^ ÏS^i»  «ront.    The  garden  rnns  do^^?;:^ 

-«^*  i^^^\^'    The  «ntranbe  hiUl  wiU  be  lighted,'of  conn». 
«oncediiig  yonrselvls  bebind  tbj  trees  and  Seeintf  aH  Wbî 

îae^irtes^SL^''^*^^^^ 

**  We  wiU  be  thore,^'  «aid  Willie  j"  and  tbe  ifrand  ex- 
S'hS.&vr  Vif^î*     WhentbemerrJîLC  i«^fe 

bigamf  and  murderw^f  will  denoanoe  him  befew  bis  i^ 
«embled  fr.ends~and  oar  dead  sistor  wiU  be  «TyOTSedl" 
Therewasapaase.    The  twUight  fflled  the  roJm  io#. 

«  tIS,?*!'  '??^^*  y**'"*"^'  «bout  me,  Willie.    l'wilt  find 

There  wasj»  solemnlty  in  h»  tc^èf  a  ipbk  iî  ber  nVii 
î^  îït* **'**\^  ***'^*  «toangelv.     8be  hSd  ont  bir  S 

A^f ^!®*î  ^    .***^  f**4^    ''  ^  *•»«  '<»d  we  are  treadinj? 

fe  wraiSTïL,^"?;*'"  '  ""*  -"  •"••'  ^. 

l&(..i..''_.j_'.i5t;:ifiiLiJii've   ..  -"  ^ 


V-    -* 


^MaçJalen,"  he  said,  "lefc  nie  aooompany  yoii  home.» 

•«JS^JS%Sff3®«.*?r5®  *****  ^^  **»û«e  stores  i  sféitfb 

mg  Miss  Wintew  înto  the  sent.  "  ^^*^ 

X  ?P*?  J****  "*'^®  '<*on»i  for  nie,  Dootor  PhilÎT)  P  »»  *  vm<^ 

S  «Jk'bUTk  »'■  "'  T^*^  ^  •»''  \  "«'^f^idû^ 

?JÎ^^SS"i'**"^2  hâve  corne  WÎ1*  us  and  Hot4èd  ^oSf 

ers  Store  m  the  town  aQ<i  pardhaseâ  a  ^v  âaikn' vnrfh 
^t  mi^'  '^  "bboos  yoa  Imy  iT»  pe*^i,àa^ 

A^stftî    Yon  ^m  w«a.  wWtô  to^J^be«|^*tSfo 
««4.    "Ton 


,.  ^^t"»^^^ 


!"     , 


J*J 


AT  THE  LAST  HOMBNT.  S89 

^.^tS^^'^f^^^^^'^'    I^katthemootUtohtoa 

*«Jl  *1^PlPî,*'^  throwa  iiorQss.»  ,-  ^^ 

1        va<»^ghk  ou   the  Iftke/'   murmured  PaîiiiT  •    «ifc 

«lway>  remmda  me   of  the  lovely.  new  shwfe  in   dni. 

.  By.f3?^^*^T^i  Magdaleahida^Ui  «carçely 
«  Word  at  ail  dnrlM  the  homeward  ride,  and  a  looTS 
deep^ttled  mànmUj  upon  her  fac  "    "  Ô  anv  oaîm   i 

-   iSCli  ^5^»"'*^•?<»«t-^he^l«8oIat^oû-w»8  taken~« 

-^rtj^râ:^^''''^''''''^  *^  which  that  bïMd^ 

Thi8  night,  tUat  brought  exposura  and    diaffraoa  tn 

Q^or^e^Barstcme  wo«ld  Je  her  C  «^oîT  earS?^e\tî? 

wild  a»d|^l  yow.  there  seeTùed  no  afternSite  lelt^ 
«heacçepted  her  doom  vith  the  q«iet  oalœ  of  dLiSV 
She  wmlu^U>  her  rbom  and  be^n,  X  at^f^ï^ 
nataral  ooœi^ure.  to  dreaa.  Sht  biWied  ont  tEe  buît 
niah^maaeea  of  haûr  and  twîated  rosaa^gh  thegîittï^ 

^atfloatedabotttherUke  a  tniaty  oloud-aoffc.  riohÏÏoe- 

Perhaûs ahe had i»eT<3i)r  in  her IHelookad  hall  BcTLiatà 
JjU^.^  George  5^tone.<yen^^ 

look  1    A  very  Wy  queen--ao  pare,  ao  %hite,  ao  dJ^ 

MMdal<^t>  aroiled.  Att^diWB^wb^èîiiQ^e  Sd^T 
ojF«  ber-a  change  in  voice  a^id  &ce  and  amS-ÏÎSS 
GeoiTO aasThotcottH not  uoderstand.  ^^^ coang» 

"lam  a  b^e,  you  ki^>ir,^'-i^  «ud.  with  that  «rft.  in* 

mat  inuij^iad^^    IiM"yoiit«iii«k»y»nrt»l»ti 


iSiT.' 


pr%#^4«la^W< 


^ 


S4à 


JKAGDALSirS  VOW, 


"t  w  -<•(•_  ' 


s 


•  Mty  waterfall  and  the^  oroim-^  iv^  ànd  o^SS 
^ïaaMe  ahmmg  amid  her  bmids.  j  «««aw 

R^  Will  I  do^**  demïmded  the  heirew;    "  Do«b  trrMn 
|eoome  me,  Magdileà,  or  ato  I  too  red  ?    How  dToefvrtL' 
tJ^Sr^r^fT'^'^'    So  pale  and  cod'^d^ÏÏ^Sf 

"  Jon  »iff  *tt  %  better  for  iiot  beiiig  like  me  in  anr 
l  %d£^    While  yoa  ^nish  I  waiHtep  in  and  see  Iimk- 

SSt  STl'^^^'    Therp  had  been  no  opportunify  for  S 

failk  she  bad  prpmiBed  George,  and  therVwas  no  lime  noT 

,  $be  looked  anxioudy  into  tfe  cold,  white  face  of  tuth^âe 

"viSSftStjÏÏwaSÉ^  ohil(i!"Bhe  gaid,  tenderiy. 

fitfor  thi8pwrtyf»^ii%ht."  "«*"»/ 

"  I  «m  qoite  ^or  il;,«  Magdalen  anawered,    "  I  will  be 

î'^^i^^^"TWy<»'»^^»»«Vin.    IrSTûtosayTood! 

-*^ear  Atint  Jydîa,  good-by  l^ood-by  I  » 
_me  kiMedîUr  tiriùe  anf  ioified  ont  «if  the  ohaWr. 
Kanny,  B|awM  ««d  Looded,  stood  at  the  bead  qf  tbe 

^.»*»ï«»  fl  *l^  geofleinen  were  pntfciiig  on  their  ororooatJ   " 

One  laat  ^okward  glahc0  abe  cast^  gWoo  of  iadft«Sl  '^:^' 

rooLrt^^U^^  «▼  Jpy^^^ 

Georg'^  dreir  her  ban4  within  hi«  arm  ënd  foIIo^M  tb* 

■omeboir,  it  bâd  ifl  di«3  dut.    Wê  ré^botion  wai  U 


Aa^TH» 


m 


■  '.t  '. 


Ht 


11» 

ed 


aili^d,  and  ail  ibe  nnutierable  miaerj  of  tbepast  two. 
i|i<mtli«  mast  end  to-night  for  her.  «•    p*.*  «w» 

Th«r©  waa  not  ev«tt  a  ohanoe  for  thonght  once  they  leffe 
the  bouge,  mucb  less  for  private  conTergation.    A  Vi» 

4«rtrifî  ''^^'ë^  "^^  outeide  the  gâte,  fiUed  tooverflow^ 
mg  with  langhmg  girls  and  noisy  yonng  men. 

The  youngladiee  ail  talked  and  langhed  togother,  and 
a  joUw  surprise  party  never  made  Minford  nng.  i'heir 
^onr  floet  howai  brougU  tbem,  in  fifteen  minutes,  to  the 
résidence  of  ^fiss  Ella  Ooldham,  and  the  big  sieigb  diSr 
^^^u^^}^ «  î?ï  ^^^  laugbing  and  chatter,  to  tlS  gâte. 
^J^  foU  Febroaiy  moon  shone  silYer^brightia  the  sky/ 
and  made  thç  mghtalniog^clearas  noonday.  MairdiaM; 
glanced,  and-^yes,  there  under  the  chèstnat  stood  the  dàS 
figures  o^»man  and  a  wonian,  only  Mf  hidden  by  the 
Btnpped  trees.    Nooneelsesaw  them ;  ail  were  tbo  |nll 

Sit<Sfî^Î!S!S;.'^  "^  "^'""^^^^  oi^aiid  bnatM 
Again  George drew  Her arm  within hisànà  leà  ber on» 
jç^  unconscious  of  the  fatal  eyes  upon  him.  Her  heart 
jeemed  to  cease  its  heatmg  as  they  passed  the  spot  where 
the  tijo  watohers  stood  ;  but  Phil  and  Fanny  were  behindJ 
and  ràe  dared  net  even  look.    She  fàncied  she  Feard  a 

SS^rWl  t^  i^^®^^    ^^  *'»^«*»*  ^*»®  V"^  ««»  o« 

^  WW ^^Lr?^«^%  é^« Bharpl^  arouné. 
«TkY ift^^  /^*  ^     ^^  ^f?"^'  hurryfng   bim   ^ 
vu.    Z?  *  of  eouwft.  a5nong  the  trees,    %Sk  I  there  m 
ifiUa,  irot^up  regardifest  for  the  occasion.    Oiir  «nrâriaa 
parfcy  isn*t  much  of  a  Burprise  to  her."  ■ 

Au  instant  later  and  they  were  aU  in  tbù  h^m,  reoeiv^ 
ing  a  cordial  welcome  front  its  youtbful  aiiatrws.    Th» 

Êtts  bnrned  low  m  ail  the  apartmenta  and  spéôdily  th» 

remoted  tbeir  wrapt  and  were  clnaterèd  îhlbè  drawiûir. 

tben,  two  by  two,  thev  were  refdmg  à  tà«  rf^iweS 
n»us,^ ,  Mis.  EU»  GoÙhiintV^rty  was  ^iull  sSS^''''^ 

il  iiot,    S|f  iiHiM  iriwtid  tl|«  lotig  rooi^  ia  &  andrliii  / 


rj 


M» 


!§!»'> 


lïi^ 


ïr* 


fcl  ,     • 


%^-P=  ' 


Sïwo  S  ^  «^»¥«  Wdi«u  li«  pale,  :&«»  ;  gnch  daadly 

wretohed,  M»yed  cfeaturô  sBelrai.  °® 

"  '^hey  want  yoa  to  w«g,  Hagdalen/*  Emma  Goldham 
Sheai^^i^raedifttely/aïueorogaed  over  to  the  piano. 

©wrge  hked  beôt,    Tliere  Wiè  a  deep  pathos  ^n  thf  yoiîo 
^hé  «Mer,  a  «olemn  gweeeness  tliat  wenfc  home  to  e^ 

tfeathly-white,  with.  Bnçh  »  fa^ot  vacant  look  ia  her  evM. 
WIiBtenoïBlookedat  &ùb  m^ùmm  «transe  «TnJtS 

dir  Jff£  ^,  ÎÏ:  "^^^  T*  ^'  B«*J»n«>  b»t  rather  too 
airge-like  for  thia  iestiro  oficaaion.     Sirnoose  »«  k»» 

camrmoip.danoing,  tw^^  three^te  S  ^lea^ 

^  u'  i*^°T  ^«»9  l»r  tim%  if  éter  :  it  Walmoat  eîeTen 
Sho  mad«h«rwat  totho  4r©Ming.rooni,otoo«d«dw 

r«»lie  -h«r  eyoa  looked  blSndiyTS«K  l^îiSif^ 


hH^  and  «a^y 


ftàn- 


f  è 


K 


UB 


thw  uoier  the  w&it»  winter  rnoonr.  H«r  heart  feli  detd 
ia  her  breaat— «very  thoaght,  eretj  feeling,  eyeiy  leiua 
▼aÉ  bennmbed.  She  seemed  ilowly  tnniing  to  ftoife—ghe 
nerer  heitrd  the  ïapidly  ap|Hroacbiftg  footirt6|»  flying  ov«r 
the  frozen  ground.  It  wm  à  Toioa  oatting  fier  own  naitae 
M^Oflôi  H^  irat.  Wikh  a  low  cïy  ahe  torned  for  the 
fWW'P^Dg,  when  a  han^  clntdied  her  shoaider  «od  tott 
herbftok. 

"In  ^od^sname,  Marfalen,  stop!  Therê  has  beat 
•ome  terrible  mistake  Eere;  George  Baratone  ia  irov 
Mannoe  LaDgl<^  !  "  -^ 


1-. 


% 


■      ''<M 


VAS 


m>. 


-iAf/Hj 


— A«;*-V5 


Shs  tnmed  aroùnd^  and  fâoed  the  man  who  htÀ  m«B 
her  from  déath;  It  waa  WiUie,  pâte  as  herse»,  with  wîJâ' 
face  and  atartled  éyea. 

"Hâve  yo^  goné  mad,  Magdalttif»  Ike  demandèd» 
«avagely.  "  la  this  the  way  yen  meaut  to  oonfront  and 
aocnse  the  destroyer  of  your  aister  f  €eivaid  I  to  msh  t» 
telMestmotion  to  ésoape  trftihie  ï    An  instant  lâter  and 

rm  ifonld  hâte  bées  bàyônd  làortal  hdlp.    Art  joa  mad 
repeat  ?"       -  -,      * 

Se  shook  her,  in  hla  intpa^ient  angar.  She  pat  her 
lumd  to  hef  head  in  a  bewiKiered  «ort  «1  way. 

"I  don't  knoW— perbaps  I  ami  I  haf«  nndargoÉe 
«nonffh  to  make  me  mad;  What  Waa  it  wa  taid  abont  a 
mistaka?"  ^ 

.     **  We  hâve  bean  wrong  from  Wginuitig  to  end  !    Y<h» 
hnsba&d  ia  not  Maurice  Lanidey  I  * 

**Kot  Maimoe  Langky  I^  «h«  coald  inat  rapeattha 
word$,  breathIéÉi}y^"  not  Haonce  XAngI«l  I  ** 
«fit»;  fteH  jmt   î  am  vv^iH  ei^fsr  T'SiTa  aeen 


^%%^iS^y^^^  «d  beg  Klh  pardon,  iàr 


•.tf, 


UA&Bj 


m- 


^^; «,.'  to,W»d  rf  tl»t  wotau.,  but  my  own-m,  t.^ 
■a«ik  of  jour  meditoting  «aioide  «nd  th.  f Sî2  *!!   ■  *? 

.     ^L'Z.'û  '■"  ""^*»  «ta»  ^«»oed  di«%  S?e  h.î 
^JW  eildwràg  «,tl4t,  »»w  nôt  f„  Mai,  WiUi.  ki..w 


«omiaa. 


>fv: 


C^^!." 


r«t. 


5'  He'a  the  »«n-^rge  him  I  "    Willie  gaid.     "  WhT' 

yUlte  I  I  MO  it  ail  1  Wh;  did  lAiever  snspeot  thhil?  f 
dwtraatcd  that  njan  aod  dfsliked  him  f rom  Se  flr,t  tltafe' 
l  *ever  kiww  Why.    ÎTojr,  I  knoir.    Oh,  why  dS  l  Sot 

Jet  me  aee  ifc|  too.  illow  me  t&  witiind  yoti,  MrtJBâr* 
stone,  time  is  on  the  wing.    Who  ia  ho  ?"  - 

"He  18  Philip  Baîhtone."/  i       . 

.    ;;  BarsÊonè^  Whèvl    Theïr  it  h  a  BaTstone,  tdtei  bH*^ 

^  w^'  WiHie,  how  von  diaoo^veâ  yoar  mistiike.'^R 

"  Why,  _bv  aeemg  jbJhi,  of  '"'-^«     ^^ — « >  ^  • 

reqOjDfniaeâ  him  in  »-  momeiî 


Carolmeoiyoutat  Biffht  4^  Wm  and  he  tnmàionnd 
andaeked  whafr  WM  tSat?  Then  i  knew  himrwThSr 
and  mnètache  n^ed  to  he  f yed  black-^as  hia  hrtift-th» 

CL  f^'^.ï  *H"  •t*»-    *«  li«ioolliè  into  a  fort^latSn 

^^^^?  "»"*  **  o^<»»  »»"  <«»«  Fanny  I  "  ' 

WilHè  AUirard  laoghed  harahlyT^ 

"  ni  ja?e  her,  ne;^r  fear  ;  yon  |n8t)eat«  tfalbittattar 
Jo  me,  Magdalen.  /^oing  to  fo  ûiafried,  in  théé  Weeî 

wf  ^*^^i.  V®*^J*®  ^'*»^«  before  the  idjergyman  With  U» 
fe-i*'.>î!  .ï*  *»»««»:*<»/,  withhi8|â&A»MS^  wifVT 

l^lSÎ^'?^*"^    genaa«onàI  «lOttglior  tfaoiBoiroiy- 
w»itr  Think  ot  that  poor  liiî't  f^lmgà--^^  li«^ 


AtB 


umn 


■'jsS'î  ■<••;.'■* 


,^' 


!?^ 


>  • 


Jgoaé  hi«  «t  o^o«-M»rii»  to-morrow  w  me  aoqm  wiflt 
Mrt.  SeedHiîm't  leUh^,^ «njîapfcher I   She  bus  done 

2?'?«g~ïï?  »>»T"^  ™«««>^  bnsband^thluk'Qf  poor 
^Jl^rrtone,  who  loveg  jSitt-Hwd  teU  tbe %r^^ 

•    jn^^î*^  AHward'a  iaoa  àet  in  do^ed  dnfiaace  aîiâ  mbo- 

«  I  will^ink  oi  lio  ojw  I    I  Win  spare  no  ané  I    I^iriU 
«how  him  the  werci^  h«  gbown  me,  Laora  and  Caro- 

lold  marderer  I    Spar»  bim  !  not  if  an  abW  «ïnîeSom 

'  ^She  wnmg  her  bandg.    Her  beart  wwi  ont  îa  inanité 
'  Jjmpawion  to  tbô  poor  little  oonfiding  girl,  who  làdl^eSi 

blergake   ^        «»t5er-wha^  âi8|^  woald  be  tbe&i  &r 

"Younç  ladies.are  not  ao  eaulv  killed  V**  WHIie  t«- 
torfced  w4  a-««^.  «  I  tell  you  t  shatt  tbink  S  n^  oS 
--«pa»  jip  one  j  I  wUIjOww  bîm  no  more  mercy4ban  if 
I  were  a  Woodhpnnd  on  bis  track  I  Mqw  dare  jou  pW 
for  bim--you  of  aU  Women  alire  P  /Tbfeik  of  your  dSd 

JTZ^T  e  1  ^  yôM  vow,  and-  iwk  nw  io  i^pat»  bim 

m$  dr^pp^d  before  bim  :  ber  band»  loU. 

"  Heajen  help  Fanny  W'  abe  almoat.  aobbod, 

«,"  Yon  will  leare  iHs  matter  ©ntitoly  to  me  !  »*  peiwafted 
2?,      a  IW*^^  *****  Mk  jour  h^n,    ^J  wfflEn.a«tt*^ 
W,  and  Hold  your  tpnçue.    CaroUne  and  ï  will  téaaià 
bore  nnja  the  woddmg  Say.    TJpon  tbe  weddi«g  Sw^ 


#( 


ùiobI 


cap 

wil 


th«re  ae 


sM 


poor 

tO-    -r 


l 


l-r 


■'-f^gFR? 


S&^SL 


^diag4ây,  ICftiirôe Lsasley,  I  thmk  Laamsad  Wiilî«ai^ 
AHward  wm  be  «venged  I  ^  ~ 

Hii  eyes  glowe^,  hU  JNÉlif  nog.    Hi>  wbole  trÉn»^ 
seemed  to  grow  tôlier  in  Ulliîiltftiit,  iwvagft  trhimplt. 

Hiâ  Bwter  sbrank  fropfc  Irim.  His  bnrninj^^thint  i<|p'1 
rarei^paaeemea'a  howiblç  thing,  geen  in  another..  In  h«b4  ^ 
86lf  iOlwd-appesredbiitHgfateoiigj'astioe.  ^    ■-,    . 

"  I  think  you  had  better  gét  back  to  the  hoQie  lUfw'J*^ 
Winie  iftid^    "  Tbeyni  vqs»  y<m  presently,  and  thât  won't 
do.    «aï^olme  ia  waitinif  yond«r,'  too,  and  will  bs  abont 
froseo.    The  sight  of  tbat  sconùdrel  bas  iipset  ber  idto^ 
gether.    Ton  women-are  odd  cattîe.    I  belîeve  sbe'd  for- 
give  Langlèy  to-morrow,  if  be  iuked  her:     Coj»<ni  ae^^-^^ 
^ovi  safe  to  th»  boase  ;  aiïd'don't  look  sq  wiM  and  wbitiL     * 
jf  yon  can  belp  it"  "'  - 

^  _  jBte  aeised  ber  arm  and  bnrried  ber  alo&g.    On  Htm  mnr 
a  tbonght  atntck  bizn,  and  be  stqpMd.         ,  ^ 

<'  I  say,  Magd^en,  look  hère  1    The  mark  on  the  «m, 
jen  know.    How  do  yon  aoeo^t  for  tbat  P  " 
'   Màgdalen  had  never  tbonght  of  it. 

*^l  don't  knoW)**  «be  answered,  ho6eIé«dy.  «  My  beacl 
Il  in  a  whirl.    I  oan  aocomit  for  notbing  \  ^ 

**^ït  mnst  be  that  they  both  baye  it,  yon  know.    Thev 
lived  togethW  âa b^^  i «nppoee  ?" 
,  **  Yea— I  believ»  «o.**^         ' 

'<  Thentbeyboth  bave  it,  dépend  nponik  liwasdoBO 
in  boTboodi  Langley  told  mé.  Yon  mnat  find  ont  inaoni* 
ronnd>abont  wa^r  ;  &nt,  mark  or  no  martr,  yonr  Phâip 
Bantone  is  Mann'oé  I^ngtoy  I   ^ow  hnrrr  aloog  I  » 

Tbey  reaohed  the  bonae.  The  «onnd  of  nuiiio  amà 
dancing^  fiaiet  oa}ne  merrily  to  then^  vbére  theyato«d  i 
the  aoleiBtt  winter  nigbt.  WiQie  Bhook  his  âltnflbed  fltt  «t 
thé  glowiag  Windows. 

"  Ând'^he  is  ther^^-cnné  bintr-^nloying  it  ,att-H(md  I 
itand  hère— the  fel«n  be  toade  me  f    And  fm  va  me  to  ^^ 


<piH'Cb#Mri"-  ff  be  wcrë  to  %  himgeâ  t«>iiEôrrtfw'^^' 
li«M(i«aQr:»ild  piead  lo^e  prN^^  on  my  kneeè  l"     ' 
/Wi^ï»  «awir'ïwto»  ♦îldÇr  and  «eiï  mto:;^ 

ttai  i^umm^MOitfhàé  |i«is^^  6hé  imONà^ 


m,^^|fY.:fe' 


^\Èt  ^"l.*'^^»?»  atf^liUÏe  kiBUoïcl  bending  oyer  tho 
Jiïff  ory  he  aprong  forirard  ;  bnr,  bofôPi^  he  could  oàtoh 
tot'lThislwr  ""^^^  ^""7^ and  iWlen  ia^lead 


;  '  CHAPTEBXXIX       /     v 

Df  mi  9XCK  BOOM. 

of  tb«t  lUneM.    Ahâj  cwinot  quît  «gaj  partj.  absent] 

Wore  now  tbat  Mffi.  SaMtone  had  been  a  o&anged^per- 
.  «oneyersHice  her  màrriage.  Sbe  had  wtoynèd  fiom  hé- 
bndal  tour  jk  hiwçârd,  èarétea  irbman,  wbo  had  left  a 
happy  bloommg  bnde, .  Whâwa»  te  Wame  P  Not  Geot»© 
--sarely—th^^OTireetesÉ/temper,  the  kiodegt  hôart  in  tfié 
place.    Was  there  boié^  aecrètiu  Miss  Wayne'a  paat  Hfè 

«bjeot  of  ail  the  clatter  lay  inlièr  darkeued  rooÉn,  toaaij^ 
leatlesBly  on  a  fevered  pitlow.  '  «wawg 

Theyliad  taken  ber  home  in  diamay  iJrom  Misa.Gold* 
ham'a  |»rty.  -  still  in  a  atate  of  ééml-nnoonaciona^ 
Vnû^  tbe  care  of/Doetor  Philip  ahe  had  been  bronX 
ïonnd  at  last,  and  Ae  had  atarteU.np  on  h«  S^w,  pnsfÏÏ 
her  flomng  haïr  ^k  from  her  &»,  àné  gaaeâ  Vildly 
«rôuud,  ^,e  wl^(  in  her  own  room  at  homlj  :therr  wi 
ï^W  oryingwaîrlghtehe^^^^^^  ^~ 

é  ^hoafc,  and  We  her,  holding  a  glaaa  to  her  Kpi,*îhili» 
Bawtone.  Aa  bbr  eyea  reated  on  lia  tàoB,  a  wild  ahrièk 
jangthrpngh  the  room,  and  ahe  wonld  t«ye  aproiur  from 
the  bed  bnt  thi^t  h«f  haaband  had  oaaght  her. 
^TWce  Wm jwa/I^^^MflàL"  tafe  him  ai^y  I  Oà, 
George  I    It  wàa  be  who  dSd  itP^  1  he  l '^         -         ^ 


f,' 


b...^.>'^'  ■ 


m  fm  siGK  noou, 


S4» 


-i 


^?h»  f*«4«k  eiide4  in  ^wM  laiightw-T-lf«|da|en  wm  m 
tiolent  hjsterics.  Béfore  morniiig  she  was  riiting  #u4It 
m  delirium»  mi  Doçtor  Miller,  of  the  towû,  had  tàken 
lus  place  by  ber  dde,  vice  Doqtor  Bantone,  deposed. 

Masdalen  lay  Verj  iU  for  a  week/ and  Dooto?  Miller 
lopked  grave,  and  ci^ine  three  times  every  day  to  see  ber. 
Bnt  abe  was  yonng  and  itrong,  «nd  -  the  fever  gave  way 
▼ery  speedily,  and  ahe  lay  pale  and  prostrate,  but  qnite 
^çnt  01  dan^,  in  ber  darkoned  cbamber,  and  very  seldoin. 
either  by  niafht  or  day,  did  tbat  devoted  bnsband  of  ben 
qmt  ber  bedside.  BasineMl  whatjiaa  ail  tbe  lésai  btiû- 
nesB  on  eartb  to  bis  darlîng'i  life  W  He  forgot  to  eat  ot 
eleep^be  grew  alniostias  pale  and  thià  as  beraelf,  jn-tboso 
nirte  dayaand  nigbtf  dnring  wbicb  ber  lifé  bans  t^ombline 
in  the  balancjB.  ; 

Sbe^knew  iliiîl,  as  oonsision^ess  tmA  memoir  retnrned, 
andsho  lay  yery  still,  witb  olosed  eyes,  and  ber  ^aated 
banda cbwped  in^js. -Sbe knew of  aft the  stoopiess oare, 
the  sonrow  so^deep  in  bis  bôart  tbat  no  words  bad  eVer 
eKpessed^  it-dniab  agony  in  tbo  faltbfttl  eyes  tbat  so 
'^}^J^^*^JS^  ?»«  fcaewit  all,nàd  sberemamb^red, 
witn  the  ceen  mtensity  of  «  eensitive  nature,  the  ero4 
wtong  tbat  bad  been  done  biin-4ier  dokl^va,  ber  Ut^w 
woigs,  the  quisery  she  bad  made  bim  snffér,  She  reaHz$d 
jtall  now,  and  the  slow,  misérable  tears  stoîé  ;^wn  ber 
white  cbeeks,  «nd  she.tnrned  ber  bead  away  Amm  tiia^- 
and  be  thonght  she  «lept—tears  ©f  sbame  and  iemoraek^ 
On  tbat  siok  bed  Magdalen  Barstone  leameCio  prar-^ 
trnly,  perbaps,  for  tboflrst  time.  Deatb  ballleen  tory 
near,  and  in  the  soiemn  lightsIeMew  «t  Jast  hôw  wioked 
she  bad  been~4iow  sinfafber  vow  of  revenge.  She  bad 
jrested  m  her  ow»  feeblé  faands.tbe  great  attriWte  of  the 
Ittoat  High— vengeance.  She  bad  commîtted  a  orimi,  and 
tbe  penalty  mnst  be  borne.  George  loved  her  still  ;  but 
how  be  mxQst  bâte  and  despise  ier  wben  ail.  beoatna 
^nown^  —     -,  .^_ ..--  -  , ,- T-^  -  .^  -    _-^     -•  ,-    ,-.  . - îsr- ' 

At  the  end  of  tbe  seoond  week  Magdalen  «as  permitted 
to  ait  np.  George  carried  ber  in  bis  arms  o^er  to  tbe 
^ay  rocker  near  tbe  fire,  bis  bonest  faœ  full  of.great  iov. 
Maroh  was  at  its  olèse  now,  and  going  ont  îiÇe  a  lion, 
witb  high  Wind»  and  cold,  àfet^njamik.  The  contrast 
witb  «he  dismal  itaorning  ttifdMÉlÉiiRilit.  in«y^«i6u^ 
aeem  trebly  coay.    QmmSmÊ^n  tâoQ^^ISm^ 


f, 


:   I 


«i  mother  looks  ai  hor  ffwt-bom.  - 

ï*  Are  jott  qtiite  oomfortebifl  iwm,  4ear  ?  U  th«r«  mf- 
thing  elge  I  oan  gefc  tor  F*».  ,^  ^^ 

Sb©  lookoa  up  «t  him  wUh  »  smile  »«ry  sad  to  setf. 

•****/**»*«*  the  olondB  ont  of  VoD^ir^Bky,  yo«  wonld 
t^iMid^et  them  for  me—woiilâit't  yôn,  TRaorge  ?  T«g, 
**»» «  w  8om«thii^  elee,    I  tnrat  yoir  to  forgive  me."   . 

•'  Thereoan  be%o  saeb  word  b»t««enyou  «nd  ne.  Mtf. 
daien.    a  bave  nothing  ta  forgive  I  "  ^ 

*^  Notbing  I  Nothing  for  tM  my  ooldncos,  niy  cnrelty, 
ttv  soonif«l  wordBr-the  anSering  I  hâve  made  yon  eadai« 
«11  thèse  weeto?  Ah,  Oepwl  I  can  noderstand- nov 
™t  «  »«»t.hy  heaping  ooal^  of  Ût^  on  ateum^g^doer^ 
««•d.  .Bit  down  hère  be«ide  me,  alid  teU^»-.4a  tdeaaè 
me,  ifnothhig  el«e— that  yon  forgite  me  ^  the  imhaD- 
pinew  of  yonr  «arried  life.**       .  ^ 

He  took  a  low  stool  hbnde  ber  and  kissed  tb^'-^arted 
band  that  lay  Qn  ihe  arm  «f  tier4}hair. 

"Out  ^f  my  beart,  Àydarling,  I  fbrgive  yoni'  Onlf 
ba  happy  and  well  and  kiik4  to  a  poor  fellow  wbo  lov«i  yon. 
and  I  will  forget  tha«  time  bas  ever  been  !" 

She  ttinà  to  smile  baok,  bat  a  great  Inmp  «rose  in  bar 
throa*  abd  oboked  ber.  She  knew  whftt  was  ooiinag-^ 
»4»t  waa  80  naar-^tbe  sbarae  and  disgisoe  and  sorow  she 
bm  no  power  to  avert*  ft  iras  a  moment  before  she  oonld 
mastar  heat  voiœ  and  spesk. 

«♦  Whatever  ^e  fntnre  mB9-  teing,  (Gleorge,  we  will  b» 
J»PPy  lK»etb»r,  to^ay,  at  leasi    B  is  veiy  sweet  WU 

S  ma  and  nnrsed  and  ioved  lo  devotedly  a«  yon  b)fe  me. 
ùt  r  ani  not  worth  it— I  am  not  wortfay  df  yon  1    No. 
Ôeo^^inever  ipmI"      .  „ 

J  «  Tlw*  î^  dé,  Mnfc  B«8tone  I  Pêrinit  me  to  b©  the 
beat  jndge  of  my  own  wife^B  irorthineas^l  M  for  myself, 
I  am  next  door  to,.an  angel  ;  bnir  yonmoght  ^mto  a  man's 
nsi^esty,  and  notlicdst  it  np  to  him.  Do  yon  knôw  wbat 
lamgoiBg  tod»wi*b  yoniHi«n  yon  get  well,  UmSif 
Canfjr,  yq»;  ^for  a  ^fjm  mmKhs'  tour  tbîonib  ^ 
Bonjkbemanf  Western  States,  and  perbaps  to  Oanaâft.  if 
yon  béb«raj|ttiM|^;s.-  ■      ^    :  -     '  - 

and  x«a  b«r  ilng%m  tbi^ngli 


.  at.-^  ■>  ^■:.r^.A...„a..rf^>*^<W; 


BOOk. 


Ml 


^■■m--j.^!i8y-,,..v>...ffti»»  -a*     . 


^t  à  nûttumJ'  the  lawyvr  «nsw«rad, 
endowed  witfa  onrimitj,  atf^  beottaàe 


t» bagm  lier  taA,  ''Qwtgpi" elie  «xebOmeâ,  abrapar» 
"why  don't  yoa  aak  me  aboiit  that  niffht-^luit  horriNi» 
lil|tït«ftheparlTatlriUf«dr»  ' 

.  •Shè^addewd  »  she  spoke,  and  ^endbled  nerronaly. 
(9ne  rttttvflibdrod,  wiih  hoiror,  how  near  she  hod  been  io 
that  onè  crituo  for  wKioh  tfaè  GKTer  of  lik  has  no  f omv«« 
nesn, 

^'Bdoapse  Tin  not 

**  and  thioreffore  tiot  ei ..._,,  „„^  -^v«»«, 

.  jftm  muai  wwt  tiUk  mndi,  Mid«  abo^e^  érerything,  are  not 
to  excite  voorself.  It  will  au  oome  ift  good  time:  we 
iwm't  ni«d  tt  to-day."        . 

**  B«t  I  had  xatber.  Ge<nrg«>^mtich  ratber.    It  >ai  nd 
«KCite  Bie.    K  will  oomfort'ine  to  t^  yoa  ail  I  xaay." 
.  «  AH  you  may  ?    Boas  that  mean  you  are  not  at  llWW 
10  tell  érerything  ?  *  ^^ 

"  Yee— the  myetery  ièat  faae  nade  yoii  so  irrétched, 
Qeorge,  ail  along,  mnstbe  a  raystery  for  a  short  time  still, 
It  ie  the  seoret  of  another,  and  I  cannot  disdose  It.  Bat 
whât  I  am  at  liberty  io  iSdl,  I  will.  George,  on  that  night 
of  the  party  I  digcovered  I  had  done  you  a  ^reat  and  émcd 
wrong— that  I  had^^mistaken  yon  for  ànother.  and  mis* 
jnd^  you  beyond  reparatloii,  dmost  That  JMxowledge 
e^cited  me  ëo  muoh  that  I  fdinted  at  yonr  feet.** 
r  lôeoige  looked  rather^auleâ.  tt  was  not  the  neei 
ldd€  explanation  in  the  world^  oertaînly. 

*'  M agdalen  I  me  I  Mistaken  me  for  another  f  "  hé  ra» 
peulMt.  "  M^taken  me  fer  whom  f  And  what  did  yoa 
tHink  I  hftâ  dnne»  pmy  ?  " 

Itagdilen  feent  forward»  took  both  Ma  hwdi  in  hé», 
and  lool^jod  eamei^  into  hia  eyea, 

- ""ôao^gap i£~I'l«S yéff  tiuiç  w81-|wxt  giT»iBff  totut pwittg" 
iae  nerer  to  repeM  to  anyone-tnot  Amit   Lydiar-nol; 
l^anoy— not  a  ereature  in  the  Wearlld-^not  ydnr  conaîn  ?* 

*<C6rtaiwly,Jfiigdalen.  ^nr^i^oaidltell  them?" 

**  Bieeliae.  4e!U'--^I  den*t  intend  thia  aa  a  reprç 
mînd-^yoir4l%*t^^!Mte  k(Wp  yon^  j^miaé  of 
fonaereaae.^  Xdiitold  yonroonaîn.allnbof"" 
Yoric.*' 

*'  He  anrjiirïMint  ont  of  me»"  6< 
'*  He  aaked^wj^l  blaak  îf  :"> 
and  )^.k|te%^'J|B^awi>il , 


M 


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Ifi» 


HA^ALKH»»  VOW. 


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flim  finâ  <iat  almost  before  l.knav  ié.    t  i.«*.  u^ 
know  ïiJ'   **     P    "^^  ^  ^^*  ^w  do«"'    Se  muai  not 

r"/i^'^''»"'^•  V<'h»mi.take  ?»       *"?!'«*»*'* 

qneer,  and  others  miyht  flnd  ife  oiC  and  Slk     ïîa  r 
dçn'fc  wa^t  my  wife  tafked  abont.»  ^**  -^^  ^ 

i^xSfe    He  was  poor  and  asbaaed  Sf  hisho^r 
..i.talceiTo?tSfS2^b,S?^ïïto 


^^ 


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tr' 


igsr  itai  iioK  Bôoif. 


ihéwmlàf  I  nifty  hft^  ifone  ft  litHe  awry  bi  ^lié'pair^ 
\mi,  by  Jcrtt  I  how  yoiLoomd  iirppose  me  ^ftpabfff  ûtmen 
éàtSMt'^îl  ctOi't  anderstand.  Oome  !  111  taàjiit  a  olétii 
l^r«wbi<^  it  I  A  littlflF  before  yoof  fnhHrnigfortiines  I 
was  in  Ifeir  York,  a  wild  roemWr  of  a  wud  company  of . 
ïiwless  Bohemiana^    I  waa  entrasted  by  ^nnt  L>aia  wiib 

fco  bepaid  over  to  a  gerson  in  the  city.' 
■^  "inbling— led,  F  anï  bonnd  to  tay 


•Jbt  b^ndred  ddUa: 
t  got  ta  drink^ 
in  self-def eQS( 
4>f  honor,  as  il 
àpproprii^ed   ^ 
«f  my  life/  ll)à{ 
«fer  linoe.    A 


I^got  deepty  inTolved  in  debts 
and  still  tetnj^ted  by^uiptber,  I 
a  money.    There  ia  the  ojDie  oriitfe 
^         And  4  iiaTe  been  «Ishatnect  «L  it 
%4ia  îo^YB  me—blees  hkt^m,  X 
"  .   [   %a?anàone  n^y  bèst,  erer  dliee,  to  atone.    I  kcnai  it  ffom 
*f  y<«»~I  tbwight  it  conld  n^t  otnjioem  yon..   Ferfaajpi  î 

>  ^  ^>rî^  wboTO?r  tempter  wa»/' obferf ed  Ina 

- ---^Ster^*  hîi  name  waa  Philip\]^uretone.'V  ^ 

,^:     VÔnsb,  my  dearl    Phil  bas  Bown  bii  wild  data,  aiïd 
,       ïefof  med,  too.    ^nd,  sp^aking  of  Phil,  do  yon  know  whoea 
l^i^retbat  vâi  yon  PJAeed  on  tbe  dining-room  tabk, 
■  ■|^igœ%<«jo?"   :,.vlV   "v:/-  ■   '..:.■ 
W«i  H*  M  tî»«  Pioto^  of  H»  wift  f  " 

**  Was;  yon  mean — ehe^a  dciad.    Ib  i^e  name  !  of  Wi^ndef, 
lù^dalrâ,  bo«  did  you  Ûûà  tbai  ont  ?f  ^ 

"Tbat  latwt  be  anotber  seoret  Ton  sav  her,  then, 
«od  ifiiew  herf" 

**  I  never  kneir  bsr,  and  I  ônb||itt  hei*  oncie^  wben  he 
poinied  ber  ont  on  tbe  itreét  to  i^^Fyef|  lefi  ef er  kne# 
of  tbat  f oelislr  marriàgft.  Hoir  yoâ  oaiâe  biy  fànr  nrysief^ 
idns  knowledge  ii  a^aakler.  Xoii  mnat  not  tièUJ'aiiliy  $ 
be  iNià ta  '  ber  kepi  »  tue  àiatk,  Y ery  wronl^I  tbink,. 
Irai  «làt^  b»8  buainwii."       '  , 

Tbere  iMÉi  a  bifief  pMtae.  i      ,        ' 

"Yon  know  now,  Ootf^,^  ^agd)idéa  ri9Éatt^^^^ 
ïéaiMm>^f  my  ooldneai^d  aeeret  tir^nl^Ie,  ^e  oànjËe; 
meeting  that-^thatj'man,  and  reoeiving  ^i 
wrongra  yon,' and  laak  yonr  pardon  froii|k 
myliearJtjL*^ .-.,--,.,--,-_,  '  ""  '"iiJLjiimiii«i     

"  Von  bavêlt  f rôm  tbe  bottom  of  minoFnp^Pl^liased 
ber  tenderly.  "Bnt  it  waa  not.liSr,  M a^dlte^  ^  yon 
idtonlâ  bafe  ûOQvmàjaM-çipÊùlip  andle^e  «l^ar^myaelt. 
Ton  taid»  a  mMÉHKjoa  bad  iomdrm  tme  Mattriœ 


•«i 


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a 


8S4 


MAGDAIâBN-B  VOW. 


l^'p  ^^  y»«  *eU  me  ?tw  hô  ia,  «r  ia  iàit  a  ihhà 

«Iiî\"  î  secret:    We  lave  ionnd  him,  and  he  shall  be 

made  to  atone  for  the  |iut  I    It  is  too  kte  tg  diav  baok 

now.    1  am  bonnd  by  a  vow  I  mast  keep.    Betnember. 

i?®l»**x*^  *^*'^*»"  3«*o  «edi»posed  to  blâme  m»  veri 

^^œuoh,  tbatrimnied|roa.    I told  youbeforo onrîiiamasi 

noteven  *  hwiband'a  ïpr*  and  derotion,  ôhonld  stand  liS 
tween  n»  and  iny  vengeance.    Try  wid  recall  that  when 

Georgelûëkel  vôTf  paye,  verr  moôfa  tronbled. 

'Tu>nn^\?™^'S^  .ï*?'  "^^  '*^  "  yonr  intention  to  da. 
nonnoe  bim  ?  \Doea  a^at  meao  yoo  witt  teke  retribntiMl  . 
m^yowrowa  banda,  or  that  yoi^  will^idd  him  np  to^-^ 

He  ha»  dtme  jour  nster  and  brother  great  ittom  ;  bnt,  a» 
Lt^^tth^l^^y  ^"^'^"^^  doee  not  plaeeli wiàS 
"'•*f,,fT»^  «*'.*ïat,"  Magdalen  aaîd,  ip  a  somber 
voice  j;  it  18  not  of  thoM  cSs  he  irfll  bi  Soitt^lS 
h»  psst  life  tfaera  hes  another,  kno«h  bnt  to  mysetf  and 
3  «#  T"*^^^'^"^  ^'*'  whioh  many  years?  inmrÎBontnent 
be  denonnwd  and  given  wa  ta  the  law.l»  "*'  -^^  ^^*^ 

doP  îSia'i^aii  Jtei^eg  hi»  dooœ,  no  donbt,  bnt  let 
yw^not  be  the ^hand  to  wreak  it,  Oftme  shonM  not  be 
flWden  from jmmshment  ;  bnt  yoo^my  gentle  Mifedalen. 
«IfhfWiked  wife-.for  yon  to  tnm  Kfmeii^  »nd  woS 
■BM  of  aay  ttiatt'--oh»  my  lote  !  my  l^Te  J  fôr  my  iake» 


^%»>. 

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tiie  iaad  I    Oh,  Ifiigdaleii^  aktm  and  thiok,  wliile  iàié»  W 
y»t  tiaie.'*  ^ 

"  There  is  no  long«r  time  :  ihe  power  ta  desisfe  has 
passed  Irom  me,  fteorge  I  "  g&e  oried,  atarting  np,  "  let 
lOfi  tell  you  one  other  secret.  The  maiM#ho  vrite»  to  me*— 
whom  r  meet — whoee  alias  ia  Johnst^») — is  my  brother  I 
my  brother,  free  from  pdson  foefore  oar  marriage,  and. 
bent  on  reVenge.  It  w^  he  who  disoovered  ail  tbis  :  it  i» 
|ie  who  will  denonnoe  Maurice  Langley — aot  II'' 
'&#«>rge  3ar8tone  drew  a  long  brçath  of  intense  relief. 
Hhgdfflen  m»  one  thing;  Magd«Wa  hrother  vasqaitd 
another.  '        ^  "^ 

.  **0h,  80  ho  is  the  avengerP'  George  aatd  ;  ^f that"^ 
qnite  a  différent  thing.  l  shouldn't  mind  helping  bim 
myselfy  ouly  it  will  be  an  ngly  business  dragging  yonr 
«topestiofr^^         before  the^nbUc-  May  I  asfc  what  is 

«Murder  1**  Magdalen  said,  in  a  low,  ate-«traok  tona»< 
*'Ato«tfonlandnnnatufalmurder.    Oh,  George  I  spara    ' 
me*-I  havè  told  yoa^ll  l  may  tell--l«t  ns  talk  of  tbis  no 
more.    Soon — yery  soon-— yoa  will  k^ow  aU*** 

■  ^  ^Her  look  and  maaner  were  so^wÛdtfaat  George  grew 
alarmed*  He  Jiiistily  ré^^aoedCér  ii»  hèraeat  and  strove 
to  soothe  her.    «'  Certaiiay,  ire  wîU*  cease  4a  speak^  it  ; 

^||dyi6eU  «i4îa  yonr  brother  fW»  MMford  ?*  ^  * 

^<* He  ia/I  have^T^ry  rea«<m  to^b^iieTe.** 
;  **  And  uasy  I  not  see  him,  MagdiOen-^iny  wife's  only 
hrother  r    l  m%y  be  àbléto  admise  him~to  help  him." 

**%i'^'^^<*"?«^*'»^««»»^*    "YoBdwi'iWw  what 
you  adci    iJBw-e  Ja  Fanny^a  ttap  a|  the  doo^,  G«orga    Go 
and  leaTO  me  for  a  little—you  hairo  bea»  in  thia  obae  room 
ail  day.    And  vmA,  »U  tbis  iaa.80ctet  betweea  nt." 
:     "  Inviolable  I  "/  Me  atooped  and  kiased  her.     "  I  wiah 
you  cauld  trust  me  fnlly,  Magdalœi,,    When  will  the  day 
conm  when  there«wiU  be  no  more  sêiMreta  between  ua  ?  ** 
.*^Jm  soQn-^W^pmonmm,  J^  ^»iy,  George. 
tsm^wvjmx>tVim:ir€(^&  yoa  irBflin<r'"'^^*-~"  ~""^'*^^*^ 

"  m  î^  he  aaid,  abrupay. 
"AUr  ■ 

**  Wimk  he»?en  lof  that*' 

Hadalen  trembled  at  that  fenreat 

*^  If  he  onl«^  liiiewMihe  yumght^^'  if  he  only  kaiv  î  ' 
mmfimm^m^SmmÊmm  mm  »  th«  «h»i,  Tobhla  fia 


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i 


MAGDALBarS  YOW. 


hermqnirieBJPegarding.tlie  patientas  health;  and  Geoim 
with  rather  a  rnefnl' face,  went  oat  into  the  wet  Kàrâi.  ^ 
màrniog  for  a  Bdio&e  aàd  a  (xmgtitotioiuil.  . 


/ 


V 


<KEAPTBE  XÏX. 


BIVOBB  THB    WBDDâSfa. 


•'-^. 


Mb.  Gbobob  Babstoitb  migfat  be  rery  anxioas  for  ihs 
Teoovwj  of  hiB  wile,  but  he  was  not  one  whit  more  an*. 
1QD8  tkan  ,one  otber  pério»  at  Golden  Willowa-'Miat 
Wintere.  Jf  Mrs.  Barstone  saw  fit  to  bave  a  tedious  ill- 
ness^or  to  die,  sbô  mast»  in  common  deoency,  postpone 
her  «reddiiig—and  whioh  of  ns  wonld  liktf  to  postpone  our 
^  weddiiig  P  Panny  yrsJ a  grôat  deal  too  fond  oX Thiî  and  too 
eager  to  he.oS  upon  tbat  dôligbtful  wedditog  tripTT-"  to  *h« 
place  ail  good  Amerioans  go  irhen  they  dlua.^  Fbilip  bad 
bis  own  priYate  reasona,  wso— yery  différent,  indeed— for 
dreadîng  delày^  V 

Pfailip  Bargtone  vn^  Manri<^  I^ragley,"  a^d,  erer  sinoè 
tb©  night  of  the  party,  be  knew  hit  ooii«în*g  wife  hajï 
known  it.  He  was  not  a  oowardly  man/b^j  froin  the  finfr 
time  be  bad  seen  ber  be  bad  a  inperstitiouS  dread  of  bia 
ooann's  wife.  Sbe  bad  ooiaeiipon  binij  w{th  ber  youth- 
fol  beauty,  ber  golden  bair,  and  ber  blÀe  eyes,  like  a 

Sboet  tbat  first  nigbt  ;  like  tbe  gbost  of  tb^  girl  be  ba^ 
one  to  death.^  He  knew  of  tbe  pnrpose  of  ber  life— be 
nndersteod  tbe  mistake  ehe  bad  made  in  confonnding  bÔ» 
witb  George— hekflewthat  tbe  man  die  met  in  New  York 
toê  in  MiUford  was  ber  brotbw,  wbom  be  bad  madeafélon. 
He  knew  thatt|»e  instant  Sbe  discovered  Mm  sbe  woillâ 
denoance  bim,  and  tben  adién  to  ail  bope  for  Faniiy  and 
^^^fortune.  Fanny  was  devotedly  and  sentimentalty  fon4 
lapi^,  and  qot  over  wise,  bat  Fanny  was  a  pnre-beartei- 
iirii^.."jiHft.KjKJBi^ iffvtPift  ff'OiriTi In  TyoiiEfc'BQ  pftm  jfc — yii#fti-ft^-^Bif-~lw>'-^" 
Je-nelW,yi'i%3ed,  for  «ya  instant,  ^àt  tbe  darker  seor^ 
wbicb  lay  injiiyife  was  in  tbe  possession  of  brofcber  aild 
sister.  Had  be  known  the  trnl^,  indeed  be  wonld  bâta 
seen  how  deeply  be  hid  reason  to  f ear  ber. 

Philip  Barstobebàd  be«Bi  a  %fli>iigbhr  bftâ  «nd  an^ 
pnnoipIedmAn^^driûikwd,»fittU#r«^HWtiii0.  mx» 


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lore,  anx« 
W8— 'Miai 
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pofltpone 

foneoQlr 
anâtoo 

tiilip  liad 
leea«^lor 

rer  sinoè 
irife  hfâ 
I  tbe  fmsb 
kd  of  bis 
>r  vouth- 
««  like  a 
1  he  haà 
life — he 
diagjiâa 
e*York 

le  wouM 
iHiiy  and 
atfyiond 

et  atorei 
tlier  aad 
nid  hmt^ 

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Bit ojffi^       WBBôiNa  m 

iwS  i  îï?!?**  ***i  ">»»  nor  wece  lotira  AUward  and 
tJajolir^  Keed  the  only  women  whoBe  Wm  he  bad  bbiat^! 

♦wï*!***  *^^  pa»t  noir,  and  h«'  bad  reformed.    Yes/^t 

hw  own  guilt  Vi  lamr  bad  proyed  a  loîing  gaine,  and. 
jmard  y  cirsiàg  big  laok,  heiad  Iplcèn  to  hobesty  as  thi 
beat  pohcy,  and  at  heûrt„Fa8  as  eviÏÏù.  «ver..  The  bour  q£ 
ÎKÎ&iî^*''  afteri6ng^itîS|^,ad  ,  ^rtn^^S 

,"À  fig  f or  her  then,",iio  thongb^  '  «PannY  will  b» 
^^rw^all  power^  jotaw,  my  taU,  bandsome  Mrs.  Barl 

„f^^^^\^^^f!^t^^»^^^àÂ'ài^^(fnâ  the  teal  enlprit 

Henndeijtoodtbatwildcryforfo^^^ 

borrorwith  trbioh  èhe  had  tnmed  Irom  bim.    Shfkiew 

alL    Would  sbe  snfltor  bim  to  wed  Panny,  and  bold  her 

r*!S  L  yh«?  t^ê7«^™^t  ite  bighest  he  badarSentîy 
hoped  that  either  life  or  reason  œigbt  *o,  bot  wh^  S 
came  back  he  nervôd  bil»8elf  to  fa?e  thè  io«t.  ^ 

Fanny  ig  a  f«^,»  h»iii«ged,  "  anji  wonld  lay  her  héad 
nndôr  my  feet  il  liwked  her.  Wbo  IcnowsF^gK  ^ 
mariï  f^mn^i^ of  all--ini|É[teof  Annt Lydia's  toritf^ 
tion.  If  I  am  aocased,  it  i»  of  no  nse  denyinir.  Thev  oan 
bnng  inconteiri»We  |ro<^  htit  if  I  c^^ 

^"i5''f/Z''%  "?»  **"»<^  "^^  ft  *»îf^  r  Why  ^e  deuS 
eoaldn¥sheIie,  like  bettor  ^omm  f  »  ^  w»e  aenoe 

Dootor  Phi]  deroted  blioielf  nmré  tbav  «ter  to  his 
SSflSâj.Yyî'^'^t/**'  ^'^«P'îgwationgforthe  weddîng 
withfoverishbaste.  ItwnsfiEeJlorthofitteenthof  AnriL 
and  it  iras  liow  tbe  bist  week  of  March.  ^^"'°  *"  ^P'* 

*  *    *  **-      ^^   ■-  -  '*- — at-a jmHk _ — _ 


-r  ^~  i«i,^«f  qrg«  wmrrmBi^i^wmjr^»  «m^  |?  not  i  f ear 
X.i:  ""l**  'ÏÏ"  *P<»«*P^«^^ô»^arriage  nofaie  prépara- 
tbûs.     Keep  the  4r^makeni  and  nOBiMrs  at  workaiX 

^  i  hopo  not,  I  am  sure,'*  Fanwy  respondeâT  with  a  ver» 

xnemwis  MagdiileQ.    Her  weddîng  was  poetpoiM^  and 


^^ 


^9 


lUQDAXJSN'S  yOW. 


4M  wbat  oomes  otit.  .  81i»  h»  Iwo  joiit  as  miâerable  ent 
•inos  as  ever  she  eaii'be,    Ana  iipw  «be'a  «ot  a  myatenow 
brahi  fevefc-nobodjjr  koove  why.    I  think  if  I  loat  voa,  . 
Phil,  I  Bhould  h*¥e  a  biAin  fevar  too.    They  always  hâve 
oHe  in  booka,  yôu  kno#— aûobJUoa.  intereating  contplauita 
— brain  fever,  or  tbrobbin^  h«aâache,  or  fall  dead,  lito  a 
liash,  ofWrt  diaaaae;  or  pina  away  iii  a  daalme,  and  m  • 
withintfttiMrtforalfluBh  ppon  tbeir  oheatoand  nnnatnrai. 
hkMtm  m  ttïeir  eyes.     Yôtf  nover  hear  of  a  Jierome  hating 
toothaoTift  or  smallpox,  or  yellaw  ianndice,  or  thoae  naaty . 
'     «nnlamia,    l  «m  oertain  I  ahduld  bave  a  brain  !«?«*  n  1 

et  ton,  Phil.**  -4»      "  1.   #     xt- . 

'«Àr^yon  qnitô  certûn  jou  lova  m»  enongh  for-tba^ 

?anûy  ?^'    Doctor  Phil  aafced,  with  a  pathetic  glanoa  of 
*'  dafk^i^ear    "  t  ^lidar  what  you  really  would  dp  and 
lof  myBake?'*\  ,      ^ ,  \.       \      / 

Anftmng--eY6|iite8g  î  î*d  gothrongH  âreand  watw 
ifor  your  sake,  yoa'K^Tl  W<>Wd,  Ph«iÏH-tbo»gh  wbiA 
ffoodgoing  througb  fire  and  wafcer  would  do  anyonel 
Wtaeè.'  Pve  loved  you— <A,  for  agos  and  M^a^^wid  I 

jTOuld  dio-yea,  Pd  dmwn  mywslf,  <>r,î«»^e>S?**«>5g:  .5 
la«t  yon  now.    But  tbere  is  n»  lear  of  that,  la  there,  Phil  f 
hia  dowted  alaye  înqnired,  neafling  ander  Ma  wing.  ^ 
I>oetior  Pbtt  put  bia  arm  aroand  ber  and  ^gata  bar  » 

"  No  féar,  I  hope  ;  bu*  ifbo  can  tiU,  fmf  ]  Tbere  ij 
many  a dip,  andî^iave enoimea  who,  woti^lt  înjnre  mo  tf 
tbf»v  oonld.  6nép086,  lof  inatanc»,  aoma  ona  oaçae  and^ 
tSd  yotf  I  had  SbiSad  W  badly  in  ^^^^^1^ 
«Dwn  m  *ttd  oata,  yen  know,  my  dMlmg,aike  othe? 
felloira-euppoBO  tbey  told  |wi  vary  abockinga^rw»  abont 
ifaat  past,  what  wonld  yoa  d<i  f  "  ,  ^      w  *-i- 

"  Slan  thoir  laoea,  il  I  conld  l  ^  anawar^  Miaa  Wintew, 
Ufemptry,  «*  and  nofei>«Oaté  «  Word  ol  it." 

Phu  i^lwiriied^  '-  .  . 

'«  Bii*ipp<^tb©  wieked  aloriel  i*1*!l  tm%:^KF<>««  I 

"  Tïiià  Xabould  tell  ttiém  to^œind  ^e»  ®^J»^.»*^ 
and 
jou 
«odaa^y, .     ,        ^ 

^*^««»  <|ni*«'»«r^  :*biB»P*ânTtbiBè  t" 


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iVBterioiiv 
iOBt  von, 
ays  naTé 

>lIiplU]lfaEI 

là,  lifi:»  a 
i,  and  die 
mnatnral 
ke  hating 
lûgenairtj, 
{«Ter  if  I 


uadwator 
ogh  wbat 
aay  one  I 
o^T'and  I 

e,PhiI?'* 

There  îs 
«m  me  if 
cape  azidr 
t— I  hâve 
ike  other 
>rieaaboat 

»  WioteM, 


^pjoee  I 


BBFC%  CTB  WTOBiK 


*  « 


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felW  meUiOT  anî  ohild  ;  ho  h«^  «Brin  Oit  WH  A. 
«nder  I    The  whjt»  fa»  <rf  Uiim  Allwua^atiVb.  4j 


-ai^ï5,Ç-l*?.*'>: 


BUtely — 


^tb».TtwTmnuWmbnd  at  mmJu  utew  Toi  • 


^«Aibrt  MjttW'jip  Tomp^ , 


*uthor 
I  ever 


sseé 


MÂGpA 


>. 


as 


irith  great  8Q%n  1A#^  »' 
Phîl  laugtlèé;  '        ^   i-     ... 
,     «  TompkiilB  i8~-no;  ^ 

FMuy  aeweft  it  eagerly.   li 
p^ima  wiîttièîi  iuft  gre%t 
t  Writi 


1  t«fr.  '  *e>^  liandsôke. 


il  ;— 

mrtt^wiahjrou  Joy.    ^-^    - 
le  caaifif^ora  2    WiH  be  down,  of  course. 


s  • 


Sw  heirèsses  ^here 

Look  for  me 

B.  T. 


ï»xt  w'eèTc.    Yours,  eto„ 

Mî-^  WinteM^as  à  litUo  disaillinfeed.    There  were  two  , 


ior  me 
E.  T. 

fére  two  , 
tnnch  in.    . 

t.<    -.■■-.., 
rd  0very 
j  bot  î»o 
itilaftér 
le  wnlk, 

nd  Mi» 
wiieall 
daf  vth^ 
Sicfittrd 
rks  that 

'bèpi  h^ 
[  Phiî  »t 
for  tbafc. 
ftd,f  Bwd 
liW-iH)d 
ïj^  him— 


ba  peîttt 
efaM^ 


—iljf 


JBBFOBB  1^  WKDDmG. 


261 


'^gideed  M|tt  the  same  arm,  and  «xacUy  likeit  P^ 
^  «  Ffeiciaely  the  same  î    They  IxiC^  had  them  done,  Wh^ti 
ooys,  by  a  sailor  at  Millford.     l'vé^seen  tbem  and  hmà 
-Aant  Lydia  tell  how  angry  ih*  waa/    Why?"*^  ^ 

"Oh,  nothing— the  tbought^attnck  me.  So  Dr.  Bar- 
atone  bas  been  ^alking  of  loeing  you,  haa  he  ?  Wonld  it 
make  you  very,  very  nnhappy,  Panny  ?  »     ,         - 

"  I  shornld  die  !  '*  answéretl  Fânny  aolemnly. 

♦*^NoI*»\Mid  Magdaleu;  "no,  JPanny,  w6  don't  diç  w 
easily  ;  and  it  is  only  in  noveir  that  people  break  their 
hearte,  or  their  blood  vessela,  and  fall  déad  with  trouble. 
You  d  loge  bim  and  live,  and  fiWcget  hîm  altogether:  by 
and  by,  m  the  Ioto  of  a  better  man  I  *"  ^  ^ 

;  '  **  A  ^tter  man  I    Mrs.  Baratonè,  hew  dare  you  I  " 

"  I  bèg  your  pardon,  Fanny.  «Toirha  himaelf  he  haa 

bften  wicked  atd  so  do  you.    If  btfwàg  shown  to  ypn  as  a 

'v!Uain'~a  Tillâin  «eeped  in  ÔrhneJo  thé  lips— I  am  only 

putting  a  case,  rememb^r^-wonld  you  not  soorn  and  oast 

him  ofl  and  forget  him  ?  *' 

"Oh,'dear,  no  1  IiJftn^itbinkBo— Iconldn't,  you  know. 
I  tell  you  I  shorild  ffie,  or  go  mad  if  I  lost  him  t  I  love 
bim  witb  ail  nur  heait,  and  conldn't  «▼«  without  him! 
Jon  t  /et  us  talk  about  auéb  borri^  tbinga  I  I  shall  be 
>dreaming  ail  night  that  beis  a  Eugène  Aram,  ànd  that  he 
hasbMntornfromme,  and  taken  ta  prison  with  'gyvesui»- 
on  bSwrîst».*  Youll  b^  4orwh=^tairs  to-morrow,  Hagdalen. 
Isoppose  ?^*^  '  —  V.      /=■         ' 

Mftgdalen^d  yes,  ànd  kept  her  word.  Sbe  came  doirn- 
atairs  tbe  fôllowinff  eyening  on  Oeorge'a  arm^Oeorge       -^i 
lobking  flo  unspeakably  proud  and  happy-.-and  Wa«  in- 
atalled  lu  the  grèat  ônshibned  chair  before  the  fire. 
t,®*^?!»  P«*'«^  ï<»king  àt  ber  w^^  admimg  eyea. 
Hoi^fair,  *6iir  pu^,  h<?^  s#eet  ébe  loôked,  be  thought.  in 


^«'  Î^^^Mf  ^to  'Obesand  fresbly  onrled  âmber  hair— the 

S*.  *1?*r  **"*^f  *^*^""  ^»^^^  »^^    on  *^«  ^ear  faoe. 
But  ail  tbe  teçilçr  Hght  tanisbed  prestfntly  wben  Philip 
^ï|toii|^ii^  in, 
stret(^ed  hftnd  and  ready  werdsof  gréeting  upon  bift  Awile 

"*Sr^:îï*«r  »«^tonel    My  î    I  am 

moremn  rejoiôed  te  Siito  yéf  ambiit  ù8i>noe  mdro.  The 
hooae  b«  b^n  Ii^e  a  tomb  tm  you  We  bèén  aadly  misséd 
bymiiB;pù|y^G#rg0l*'  i        ' 


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lci:60iiiBir'6 


-    Magdaleii'8eyf»flaa|ied~fiashedblQ#âr6apoii 
ok>ti9  lûisoreant.    Sbe  gli&cad  at  tiie  cmtstretoht 
«ad  turned  her  bàck  Upoin  him  in  dea4  ailenoeii — 

In  Bpità  of  bimwlf  a  Vaià  red  flaaù  croased  hia  sallov 
faoe  an^  tbe  gleam  in  bia  dark  ejes  ^n»  an  evil  gleam  to 
wbQ.Gmvf»  gaaed  jblanklj  àncM'anny;  in  jkbe^oorwajr 
J^hed  indignant  0^  n|K»i  tbe  inuttlid,  trbd  tbnB  deUbci^ 
ately  insnlted  b^  BemL-god.  Batno  ona,  apoke  and  tha 
pÀnae  wbicb  lollowed,  Philip  Baralone  inigbt  weU  Kt- 
membér  tô  f he  daj  of  bis  deana  I 

'  '<  Coma  and  praetiae  '  limerifik  Bacea/  ^  bia  beirothed 
Baid*  "  JBlla  Ooldhatn,  ber  birô^her  and  a  fewA^r  frienda 
Bî-fi  èoŒfing  to*mgbt.    GoHie'l  " 

Sbe  opei^edibe  |>ian9,  pV^yedtbei^nipbonyand  Pbilip 
crossed  (nrer^'ineobAniQâUjr»  and  ptood  bèaide  ber.  His  face 
bikd  cbanged  a^in  to  tbe  dnll  gray  ^Uor  it  took  >t 
^mas^  mK  be  looked  q^taîtie  gbaatly  in  ibe  glimmer  of  luft 
lampUgbt.  Sbe  knemall  fcbenl  AIll  ïliat  nreant  abe 
knewmm  for  Maurice  I»aneley— -tbe  Ôeatroyér  of  ber 
Bister  aiid  broti^,  NoI  ©w  *^<Srl)iit  kiiowing  tbat,  he 
bad  i^eat  reaaob'tè  fear  bcr  now.  * 

«v^'egame  wttb  Fiwsny  baa  beén  too  eoay/'  be  tbongbt. 
"  Tlsere  <An  be  no  anab  Inok  in  at<Nre  Cor  me.    I  bave  held 


ceaselelB  éyea  ;'batlie  iiever  approacibed  or  addreesed  ber, 
Bbeknew  bimaa  hë  waa.  01  ail  iboae  ]Élii#  wbpbad 
knownbimfrom  bofl^ôod  nPr  tbi*  piïdè;  pîdèiWiâiïed  i^^ 
Talid4ÛoitokneWbiin'1&».i£e  n|^inbèifa&    .0- 

Magdaîea  retired  ea%  akid  kept  ber  room  nntil  late 
nçxt  day.  <  "Wben  abèdeaoended  to  tbe  drawing-room,  ne» 
noôn,  sbe  fonfid  It  desertad  by«tt  œvè  Jtiss  Wintera, 
_  Fannjr  w^  ae^ted  irt  a  Midè  ne^  ttiawindow,  bending 
with  piilH-ip  ino«îK  arid  IB^^^  a  ak^lob  iô 

water  colora.*  Sbe  looked  up  djôapondèntly  aa  MflgdalAû 
OMSie  in«  ♦'  £         ■'% 

«  If  a  borrîd  t  V  irc|||  oiM^lbd  aHist,  lodking^ndîctiTeh 
îy  ad(  ber  owQ  jprwaà«&tion-—|  gentleman  in.  a  fly-4wi# 
olo^  «od  a  cooked  "bat,  witb  tbe  wbitea  of  ba  «y«â  up-^ 


.^ 


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naied  m  au  akrpiiiig  Jwnner,  stnkmg  a  goitàr  >iMttIi  a 
yar^  Iftttioe.  "  If»  horrid  l  and  I,wanted  it  to  look  x«x* 
mnW^y  m^^  se»  how  r?e  improvSy 

Uf  vpsm  bever  wiU  gt«tid  stmdjr  on  iheir  legs  «a  yonrs  do. 
Magâalib»  and  tbia^raes  is  tfaa  eolor  of  brown  paper  :  and 
-•'Idott't  belierd  therç  aver  tifas  a  aky  as  porple  as  ibis  ig  I 
li'%  na  nie— ilV  ^e  iny  nsnal  tat©— «verythlng  goes  wrœig 

-  She  pushed  tho  work  ol  ait  «wtâ"  wilh  an  impatient  aigh 
and  looked^oat  ai  tbe  drear  and  dwmal  moming. 
i  "  I  ttaed  tô  tWnk  it  wâa  a  lovély  tbing  to  be  nnbn^t^," 
pnisued  Miss  fWintért.  "  I  naed  to  think  tbe^  jrMno^ 
tbing  en  eartb  so  niée  as  te  bé  Itaiigbty  and  bandfiome  and 
ttUBerable»  like  th«|^her<»ne  df  a  ndTeU  I  ain't  bandao^ 
and  I  oau't  be  baagbty,  tboneb  Tte  tried  bardaiiôa^ 
béf<^  no^  goodnéii  know»  :  bot  I*m  just  aa  miaeiabW 
as  l  can  be^  and  I  dont  tidte  |be  least  comfort  ia  it.  It's 
ail  Pbil'a  faalt  !  î  don't  knour  wbat'a  cobie  q^  him. 
He'aaa  ailent  and  sitlkjr  wbf|  n»^  idone  togewer»  as 
tbongb  be  were  a  Maplred,  .or^a  Oonair^  or  sometb^ng.  ; 
be bad  a aeeM  wriàiw oi"  é  ïtinrder  onbià  œind»  be  co^  *' 
be  more  grumpy.  And»  in  booka,  gmmBKmen  are  gt^'u^m, 
Tbere  -wia  Mt,  Boebester,  you  know»  Magdalen»  iiMir^ 
bateful  as  ha  èoold-be,  uid  wbo  conld  hem  loving  T"'' 
Bot it^B  diUerent  in reaUile/aodl  doi£*tb^eTa  Vm oarea 
for  me  a  bit  It'a  jnat  my  fortune  be  wants  ;  and,  I  darv 
aa/,  l  aball  be  a  neglSMÉed;  mratcb^  and  broken-bearted 
wile  as  6oon  aa  we're  murried." 

îh»  Baratone'a  betrotbed  prodneed  ber  bandkerebié^  and 
annffed  a  little  bebind  it,  bnt,  af ter  ail,  tbere  waa  a  diamal 
sort  ol  enjoyment  ih  tbua  reviewing  ber  woea.  -  ^si»^^ 

Sfa^j^waa  enga^d  to  tbe  '«idol  of  btfr  nnnKTMliuij 
Wintara  eaUed  bim,  mentally,  and  be  atanbbed^bèr  nnmar- 
«fn^y,  at  timea,  and  abe  waa  onbappy  and  a  heroine  at 
laèt,  ,  rr^ 

.  Miàa  Wl&ters  plnmed  berself  rather  on  tbe  distinction, 
.itàid  tookEditb  Dombeyiab  aira^  aad  j>o[»d.i>eaflJI  Ala  Ite* 
^-inrr  trâiting  broken-beàrted  for    Conrad^  while    thaï 
led  man  enjoyed  hirnseliC  witb  Gnljjai^.  ], 
"  *  m  liafcened  wearOy.    3Mtn»C  ber  oWn  tronblaa, 
,  beaTy,  bot  abe  ^laa  aiiraya  gentle  and  patient 

^with  Fanny, 

*«  Tt»à  «mW  vour  laaôy,  dear,"  abe  said.   ."  Dootor  Phiïîp 


■7 

4 


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r.    ^ 

f  •'      > 


HAGDALBN'S  VOW. 

ii Teri^ fond of  yon;  I  dure say,  thonglt  it  may  nn^im  liis 
iray  to  ahovr  il;.    He  "sat  by  yoar  side  ail  laal^  eraiiinff.^. 

*'  Oh,  hë  did  !*'  Fanny  retorted.  "  Muoh  „go<Kl  that 
dîd*  rae  t  Do  yomJauÊÊÊÊj^  he  looked  at,  frôm  the  fint 
inoment  he  ssAmmf  Itov  l  ^4^»  If  re.  George  Baretone 
*— yoa  !  Ând  it^s  my  bjeilief  he's  a  si-eat  deal  fmore  ia  1ot9 
with  yon  than  iiricfa  ibe.  Ypa  oaght  to  hear>  ail  the  qtiè% 
tiens  he  used  to  ask  abont  you,  until  I  g^.mad  and  ré» 
iased  to  answer  any  more.  I  hâve  flirted^  jost  as  hard  as 
I  knew  hov,  with  Frank  Leiglr,  afore  nôw.  Whafc  did  he 
care  P  I  don't  believe  he  ever  sav  me.  And  ^at's  why  I 
am,  80  dreadfnlly  wretohed,'*  oonclnded  Miss  Winters^  i«aiii 
prodpoing  lier  handkerchiel.^  *'  I  don't  so  mnch  mina  hia 
oeing  orusty  and  snappish,  and  silent,  and  mopish, -but  I 
do  mii^  his  falling  in  We  with  a  marrîed  woman,  aiil  that 
wôman  pis  own  ooiigiii^in-law  !  Hov  do  1  knovrhe  fiasn't 
told  you  he  loved  yon,  aSd  veiy  likeîy  4^^ 
with  him  p  He'd  do  it  as  soon  as  look  l^rhy  else  s^on^  ^ 

Îoa  insiili  him  as  yon  did  ïast  night  P  Yoawonldn'ilhake 
.  ands  with  him— yoti  wonldn't  answer  him—you  looked^afi 
y^pi  with  what  foodks  call  i  ineffabla^scom'—and  jnâit  gave 
ïum  the  eold  shottlder.  B^le  d'on't  treat  their  hnsbfmd'a 
first  coQsin  like  that  for.  nothing  l  He's  in  Jiove  with  von, 
Ifrs.  |fag<Mi^p«r8tone^  and  yon  know  it  ;  Imd  yon  both 
onght  toWasmfittiBd  of  yo|«tfilTes  !  What  would  George 
I  sh^idd  tik^t»  know,  |»  snch  goings  on  P"  /  • 
ipltiî|bf  faeraiK  Mafdfwm  had  to  langh  at  thé  absard 
mitpske  aiîd  lE'anny'^  indignaÉtt  faoe. 

**  My  deiUc  Fanny,  wha^  a  supremelv  silly  idea  I  |)on't 
Jo^jimÊf^^^^^MM  lÉ  7^^'  liorrfbjé  aocipÉUon 
18  2*^BBUîpJ8ailit<HP  atfd  I  bllé  venrlittl*^  loTé  Ibr  each 
otberri  asSïM^e  ipa.  '^Ip  oofld  «nivinake 

yon  listes  toreasoqaEjdpN^^9nly€aredt  is 

the  jùê  ?    E^igay  wM^  that  î  say  yo^  #«!  repeat  to  him 
fire  ininates^^Mr  •  and.  If  he  told  yonir^ite  was  blàck, 

Ïon^wôold  lAnlIre  1^,  in  spite  of  ycrtir  ow^  eyesight. 
>o#t  f  ou  kijiH^wf  th«t  lie  is  only  marry- 

•*df  course  €,  know 
"  Didh't  he  tell  me  ijîf 
they.  ure  married  to  their 
ing,andl  hadless, 


Qrîèa>  the   heireni/  shril^ 

«an't  lÎT©  on  f^r,  even  ï£ 

's  idol  :  and  if  he  hwl  aotb- 


*; 


mai 

min 
lonj 

'^ï^asb 

*^  çlas 

^tttï 

look 

it 


i>on't 


jpiiaalce 
irSa^ia   . 

tp  liini 
i  blftçk» 
iresiff^t. 

"•  ■  >^' '«;;*{ 

marry- 

'*•;- 

even  il 

4  -,..-*:_ 

!      BBFÔBE  T^E  WEDDUTG. 

'  '    /i'  ■  ■     '  •     •  /    -  ■■  '  " 

•W«W»th»tfbmétli»t/we*WBoriohlii  ^ 

IJrijt  »  flw  in  thftkitcteH.  ■ 


960 


Of  course  ifc  wouldn't  I  But,  when  I  came  iàto  my  fw. 
tune,  that  was  quito  a-âifferent  thing.  I  don't  ca^  i^, 
the  money.  He  migh^  havô  it  and  welcorae.  But  I  do 
.  wish  he  lored  me  as  I  love  him  I  Sometimes  be's  as  ffood 
as  he  can  bè,  and  rm  happy;  apd  then  again  be  traïn» 
dismaUnd  snllçT  and  baSn4  a  word  to  fling  at  a  do^ 

"Wbat— indeed!"  Magdalen  eagerly  said.  ^"Oh 
Fanny  !  panse  wbile  therrîs  yettime.  ftscard  t^man  i 
He  18  base  and  merwnary,  and  wiU  make  you  miserabk». 
Send  him  away  and  Iwffet  him,  Show  him  yon  hare 
proper  womanly  pnde  and  spirit.  George  is  goiigtotake 
rj|sonth.  Corne  witK  us.  ^  Watt  a  littfi  anfsome  goS 
Sf  J?^  '^"^  îoyes  yon  for  yonraelf  wUl  corne  tSùng 

JSi.?' w/-"  ''u^Ml'^'''  .^®»**  marrjr  Philip  Ba* 
*^nel  Hô  i8^aba4WîOTanI  Oh,  FAUhyl  for  yoar 
<Hra  sake,  sen^  him  away  beïore "  / 

fi,fî;?î'V*î"1  «gbJ-Hue  ^éyesirere  fixed  Ht  wondwon 
the  fixoited  «|)eaker^s  face.  - 

"Whatdo  you  knowof  Wp  Who  tdiFm>e™% 
bad,  bad  m^tt  ?  "  yT*^~.  ^"^  «• 

"ï  know.  it-^that  is  enoogh.    GÎTe  bim  up,  Pann?- 
he  is  UBwo*thy  eren  to  touéh  your  hand  H>  i  ' 

'^*^';,.^^^***'€t  ®*"''<»*^^*"  said  Miss  mters,  risinir 
Wid  sw^l,Og*?tfi  dignity,1*enough  up^^ 
poctor  Barstone.  w^my  betroi^hed.    EvSa|W,  his 
flist^  copwn-m.law,  I  oanuot  bear  theieljHKgiiig  ré- 

Slf^''^  /^^u.T' .?P^«,*^***® ^<>«'?  inWpr^ence- 
mine,  1^  plight^^wife—Wl  neter  sp^k  to  you  asain  as 
loiig  as  I  firel  Oh,  good  ^acioui  I  Tère  henoraL  «S. 
a^sferann^jgenttemaa  wrth  him  1  m£t  youAnythinel" 
çlMpmg^hcr  bands^^and  flying  to  thVwind&r,  «it^s  tfie 

look  a  bit  like  an  atfthor."  -  .^.  -^^^  "^'^  ^ 

•  SlfftJfï*ÏÏ!^^^irP^^^«"*  presented 
t  o^^î?^^^^V.^W^*3  «[£»*ï«èan»  in  glaces,  as 
Mn  BichMd  Tompkins,  of  Kew^ork  Qity.       ^        *  ^ 

m,  TompkiA.jrt«  near-sighted  and  4e  ghasses  wefe 


''« 


-js 


\.-,, 


t#. 


EAGDAUbrS  vow. 

th©  <>|ïly  liteipary  fèa^re  abont  him.  He  had  w^  o« 
atraw-colowd  whiakers  and>  feeble  miiitaohe  (you  «aight 
bave  oonntéd  the  haïra),  and  h©  had  laree  eaw,  and  à  ptfjsf 
Aose.  and  a  few  frockles  amid  hÎB  oompîexion.  And  thui 
tras  the  anthor  of  ^«  liady  Eo8abeU%"  and  "  The|9an^R|5i 

He  bowadto  thè  two  vonnj}  ladiea,  takipg  Magddei*  to 
be  the  doétor'a  affianeed,  made  the  retnark  that  the  day 
vas  fine,  and  thatlié  hoped  he  saw  <*ehi  Well.  / 

Mr.  Torapkius  b»d  a  gwat  deal  to  wf  for  hhnMlf ,  i»r 
deed,  and  kept  the  heose  in  a  very  lively  state,  aided  by 
Fanny,  who  fratemiied  with  the  gentleman  frotojtef 
York  at  onoe.  She  had  net  muoh  time  te  dévote  tohij^ 
for  it  was  noir  the  first  ireek  of  April,  ând  the  ireddi% 
day  waa  dràwing  rapidly  near.      ;    -^  .   '     "\_      .    J_ 

There  weretwo  seanutresse^  mth  flying  neeaieij^n  m» 
of  the  upper  rooma,  and  everf  taoming  Misa  Wintew 
droyaîînto  MiHto,add  réturttedwith  th©  deigh  f t^îgfited 
Tflâi  tNircd».  If  perféot  happineaa  ia  ever  to  be  found  en 
earthfl  think>axiny*i  staté,  W  «rt  thîa  time,  approaohed 

it  very  cloiely.  .    -   ,    \  ...  i.    i^ 

It  would  Seem  bat  jiatnral  thafc  the  bndegrooin  thonld 
ahare  this  béatitude.  Was  not  the  drea«i  of  hia  lîje  abonj 
to  be  realiaed  f  W»  ha  not  ébontM^txmrrwwa^ 
Bot  ever  since  thé  épisode  <if  the  »nlrptype  h«  hfi4  lcnflfw|i 
norest.  Whafe  if  Màgdaîeli  and  her  brother  kne#  all'^ 
ail  f  What  if  the  œan  who  ha4d«ifaed  into  that  solitary 
cottage,  upon  that  horrible  ni|^i,  #fe  yeart  «Ifo,  wera 

_WiJKe  AHwardl ,  ^;         .  ^  . ,,  / 

^^~^  He  had  wondered,  inany  iimea  eœoei  who  th^  man 
could  bave  been*  He  had  npt  eaaght  th»  léait^înipae 
of  hia  face,  and  had  aefc  him  d^wn  a»  aome  netgobori^ 
pas&ing  fltrangôt-  What  if  it  had  been  WJHie  AHward; 
and  that  his  ceiï8hi»É  wifè  kn^w  of  ^i«  hîddOTr  ciinw^  «nd 
Ineant  to  denonnce  bina  at  the  very  l^tar  l  The  ecnd  dew 
atood  îjpon  hÎ8  hrciir  at  the  thotigftt;  ît  hanntéd  Jw  daf 
and  jâ^t',  he^^y^  toa:iiâ;;pik«^^ 
moody  and  anEen  aad  ailent,  day  by  day,  and  ^nt  hia 
whole  time  in  iN;ôbing^||i|||Mpreye9,  lm«^ 
He  greir  thin  as  a  shadol^HIpIdir  J^^  «S^W^^ 
appeared  on  hia  saîlow  face  no#r 
drove  him  nearly  mad.  11^*^® 
denoanoed,  îrlmt  then  f   *Pie 


'■^^■?.^*'4 


afte 


were 


-^S'•jjM^- 


—k;. 


TOB  WBDmîîa.  iM7 

hêà  ïmA  hwiged  f or  leaa.    The  TmniÀ  i«?r!Î7  T^»."^ 

dmded  th»t  pale,  quiet,  resoluà  girlSs*iie  Ji  n W 

leicle  and  jnst  tbe  sort  of  woman  men  go  mad  fof.    £ 
-*#©  heartiiy  dulikei  h^at  1*^^  ^     f*«»«^  w»iign 

je».    He  dreaded  atraagely  to  aee  ber  wii  tbe  hoâw 
mile  ahe  wmawed  ^tËome.  paaÉxve.  hVmt  sort  If 

^^^îiirl^iZ  '*!  ^«>  eiOB^at  table.  S5 

aivMàu^,aa% ^«"«'WiMr^lfhB.  Waa it  juat  boeaible, 
iw  «prmmg  himaelf  needleadv^that 
r-of  bia  greatest  oriw  ■  tiuA  hnrjtomwB 


.■*iî 


"4^ 


c'y". 


^'-^ï 


m 


MÂGBALBirS  VOW. 


ing  il«it  piotoi^  WM  only  some  wonderfi|l  chance  f  Oh, 
tliAt.the  weddins^  day  wer6  corne  and  gone/and  this  Bua- 
pense  at  an  end  n  ^^     , 

And  Sttnday»  the  eîevehth  of  April,  oamç,  and  notfaing  ' 
had  happenea.    On  Thttrsday,  the  fifte^nth,  themarriage 
wonld  take  place,  and  a  fev  hours  after/he,  wouldbeawaj 
and  saf e.     Woold  the  intenrening  days  past  «od  nothing 
happen  ?  " 


^.: 


■  fi  ^ 


■fiMaMa 


f  ' 


**  k 


"iîf 


"1.^.- 


Q^APTEI^  XXXL 


If  ïliilîp  Baratone  a^ffered  ail  the  tortures  of  terrer  ** 
and  snapense  which  gnUt  npon^'the  WmX  of  discovery 
must  ever  suffer,  she  irhose  vow  of  vengeance  vas  on  ther 
verge  of  snoh  sigual  falfilment  suffered  hardly  lem.    Net" 
|or  nia  sake..   Never  for  one  instant,  at  t^j  time,  did  her 
heart  soften,  with  thé  fatntest  feeling  ol  pitv  for  him»    , 
He  deserved  the  worst  that  oQpld  pçssibly  befatt  hini,  m^ 
•  she  wonld  net  hâve  liftèd  a  finger  to  sàvé  j^iih.     Fut  i^ 
\tho8e  ofefaers,  who  loved  him — Faiiny,  Geofgé  and  that  J| 
patient,  womanly  martyf'.tapHJtaicB,  yrtm»  life  had  he^so  * 
foll  of  snfEering..   B»w  li;<^nly  the^  wonld  feel  théshpi^ 
the  disgrâce,  the  expàsnre  !  how  they  wonld  hâte  >  "" 
when  the?  d|scoV||ed  she  had  been  workihg  in  the  d 
ajl  lihis  time,  thaT  flhe  vakmt  havètold  them  weeks 
fore;  that  she  lîtA  heljgSr  f^sttx»  fftid  w^ited  for  her  -^ - 
retenge  until  the  r&tf  nlr  moment.    Ther  wonM  ûeve}p' .  .'• 
forgivfi  her.    Tbrongh  her  Panny's  life  wonjit  be  blighted,    •  • 
and  shame  and  sorrow  fall  upon  thëir  ilëacefal  i)i^^%v  ' 
Wfiat  onght  jthiç  do?    Go  to  George  and  meal  ail  while  "" 
there^'w'^âs  yet  time.    She  had  started  np  ilSXt^thpy  dnoè 
with  the  confession  upon  her  Hps^.bnt  ère  thè  wo«^  were 
ttttered,  the  memory  of  what  willie  had  said  woald  re^tnm.,  > 
— -"  My  ourse  will  he  upon  yon  if  yoù  .çomo  bètweekt  mer 
,  and  my  reveuge  "—and  her  sister,  as  she  s^w  her  laAt,    .^ 
*     ■  '"      '    "  '        'he#,  io^  h4>lg  huf  hitbkf^p 


\» 


^^^tfold^ln  death,  "wonl# 

^îrom  tha^tftter  courte,  *3E^  her  vow— her  vow  was  up- 
on the  eveoîf  realii^atioh— -8houl4  >he  break  \3mA  path  to 
the  dëad  and  the  wronged  now  V    -^^  ^^^Élfeft 

PhiUp  Barttone's  keen>  (^asëless  c^  saw  the  a«f^cl 


■/   la 


m 


.nce  f   Oh,  "^ 
d  this  éjâs-.      ^ 

nd'nothiiig* 
hemarriàl^ 
uldbBaway    <> 
nà  nothing 


»  of  teitcr  ' 
f  discoTctiljp^ 
▼a^  on  ttier 
'  lejBB.  N«t 
ne,  did  b«r 
;t  for  him» 
A/hiid,  m4 
Jpm.  Bat 
ft  and  vùtkt 
h  ad  be^  so 

théah^Hg 
i  hato  11 
in  the  d_^^ 
I  weeks  be^ 
ed  for  her 
ronld  laei^ef;. 
bebligiited, 
56faïl»^% 
lal  alJt  while 
3  tbaii*^ônoft 

woKds  wer» 
rould  rectum, 
bétweeb  mer 
ber  lait. 


J 


row  woa  np- 
Qfith  ta     f 


DBAWIÏTG  NBAB. 

fe^lifT?5^î' "^^  "*'*'?  *H»^  ^»"  nnderatood  it.    Sfae 

«'  ^îf  aî^'  ^^  '"^  torturing  him«elf  for>^othing  ?  WhÏÏ 
eid  ?    ^f    ^^®'  *^«  '''^"Id  keep  the  aeoret  to  Jbhe 

«  ar.î^?^  aréviroiaen  who  oan  keep  a  secret,"  he^thong^t, 
«M  thu  18  one  of  tbem.  She  lofes  Georgi  well  enolgh 
ÎÎZy  h'\t?^  "^^^  8elf.abnegation  forhîs  sake,  if  th^at 
îîïïlwK^*''  ""^^^'^  t^)  <»°^J^ ^«*  heralone.     Goéd  Godl 

Tonnirwn??i*^vf''f^^^^  ^'*''»  that^ï,ale,  inscrutabîô 

▼onng  woman  should  bave  power  to  end  ail  and  send  me 
for  life  to  %  convict's  cell  I  " 

^t-^i;,F**"*PHî"*'  accàatomed  I»  make  hutoan  nature,  ia 
PhilI^Sîî  phrases  the  atndy-of  We,  watch^  B^ctor 
l^hp^ith  sleepy,  hal^closed  eyeé,  ,«id  drew  hi|own  ^l 

J^^l^"^^^'?^ lojeVi^  hia  codsin's  wife, Êr'4rtaîn  » 
mnsed  the  writer  of  fiction,  "  and  she's  awareTf  it.     But 

^raid,:bv  George,  almost  toèpeakiu  her  présence.     He 

terne  amiable  expression  ofaoodj^  or,  ha.  he  a^eretî 
etc.?    And  d(9es  she  kwwr  it  f    Wha'd  think  of  finSiiMr  i 

Uy  town,  and  on  the  prosaïc  occasion  of  a  weddintf  ?  ànd 
Joffi.-'''  •  "«odef  hu8band,ia,liïind  i. a  \JU^ 

Mr.  Tompkins,  întereated  in  thft  oae«  nurè^  ftioiii  pï<>. 
fossional  causes,  wakched  m^f  Bawfon?!  wiS  SÏS 
GMrge  Barstone's  cousin,  Jp  "Wamo  môU  oonvincSd 
Jith  every  Pwaûgjitfwr  thif|i*  surmise  wae  righl    iT 

?î®  ^îyi**"**iT''^î  *»^  hts^ttnknoirn  tolhe  Lt^ie 
>^^if^^^^  b«r  horHbl^,  and  .a^  ^^^  ^^ 


•« 


ïîEsa!!S^r$^^^^ 


n*  the  flffc^enth,j^ô^-for  tht  «•rwoonfij- 
the  dr.lwin|.ro^win^.  Jo^Œ^L^^^ 


to  the  arra  of  her  lover  and  gaaing  up  m  hisfeoe  wïth^ 
^t  eyei^  He  lookô*  wor^  and  mïK,dr  »»^  «J^*^^ 
Sred  a»  ho  listened  and  ahswered  ;  •"l^^tf^**;^ 
©vérwoitld  tam  to  ihe  window,  whèrethe  «>htanr  tj*^ 
Se  SemesU  of  h«  U|e;;^«at.  W>>  was  «Ije  thmfeng|^ 
there  alone  ?  he  wondet^  ;  plotting  his  rmn  aa^lUteiy  «8 
Bot  Monday,Tme8day,  WàSesd^y,  Thursday-fonr^d- 
î^'daYSof  suspense  and  inentj^l  torture  ère  Fanny  coold 
ftt  wifeVanTmiles  of  seaand  land  lie  between  him  and 
t  conin'i  wife.  Thoee  fonr.day.  looked  '«^'^^i^- 
He  felt  as  thongh  the  uncértamty  w^dr  ving  »»».«»«*»«; 
mm  not  se^n  her  b«>ih«r, he  was^conymc^.  «n^  W 
Sn«M    andhe  auffured  favoraWy  from  tbat.     But  the 

rested  utttil  he  had  oonvinoed  J^unself  «  that— stUl  stop- 
S  afc  lreeniaii'8  boarding-hotiw  wlth  a  woman  whom  Êe 

olottdy  tiight,  in  a  deserted  8éreet,.and  he  «id  Willie  aw-^ 

w^Tfor  one  instant  of  tm,  h^  ^^^f  **"**ÇÏ*  !fl 
Sllittteeaoh  othert  eyes  i^id^passed  on.    "  was  » 

KSTïl  that  or  "  i*»pe  a»i «f '^t^^M A^ 

ÏÏThere  and  ^méIi^W  0»  **  ^"  «^^^^î*îiS 
S»à^aftST^         i^^yîftofeg  itt  Millford, JMiy» 

T^W^ld  to  «od  ï  bàd  jM^r  i«n J««ra  A»f^  s  b»t 
JBwrtMiaaiioOght,  hitlîoi'V      **W*^V0  ^  GM  ï 
ivvlked  in  the  straîght  mifl^ 


^ „      ^ 

prente  çriii»  o*  »y  li^*»  ^  * 
Mdré  tliÂn  OBoe^unaetB 

jIMMjdliftirni.  iit  tlw  ^mki  wgmf  »«** 


kftgtfaeîr 
iik»  ft  aoilor 

with  ra4*- 

diftonhit 
rywafteber 
ihinliingjrf 
«  Ult«ly  aa 
— fonread- 
Hiny  c©ald 
m  him  and 
u  «ternity. 
;  him  mad. 
l,  8inc6  her 
Bat  thé 
had  never 
-still  stotH 
,n  whom  ha 
to  face,  one 
Willie  AU-, 
iraîght  «ni 
^    It  iras  ft 
na  npon  the 
«ier  toher 
rague  some- 
piimtei  hnn 

WftB  th«  ^w^ 

fit  Iffld  # 
a  whafeo^ 

ê  for  fic«F*' 

«^ 


KBAB. 


971 


^#?« «»* ^  *•  vffled ^«nddiawled  «oQtinM^ik 

J^ttiey  took  ttiek  «roning  waUc,  md  retumed  to  the 

arfd.     An  iBda^ito  ■op.eli.ing  ^iit  th^  veîïed   aS 

fliat,  somerhere  mé  at  sooie  past  tîme,  that  w&Ubhat 
J^m,  had  beau  familiar.  »'w*,^nar 

^  '^ Who  çan  8he  be  ?»  he  wonleiad.    "  Young  AlHrard 

gf  ^i,^**?;  '^<*  ^^'  û<>  feaala;»Blative  whatever,  exoept 

haro  wiDTiaïKWOTe,  Cfen  ^«fc  iroinan  be  in  any  wayneï 
easpr  j»  hM.pJot  ?  and  for  what  does  he  wait  «>  lonir  r* 

by  ^»W«  «ide,^ïrbile  he  ans^rered  at  random  her  MrSi. 
W,t«lk:,abpiit  the  w^dinireMheaand  bndesmaidt.  Mê 
^jeelodted  pab  and  worn  intJ^aten^y  twitot-his  mM 

"  Ho#^^ull  yon  ara,  Phi!  l^'  bis  bî^é-elect  mnnniiraa 

I>  ^  «^-    4  ^^»n  B»^t  ^fei»k,  te  look  at  yoo^ 

/îng^me  !    "' 


f-  -, 


brOken  at  the  tl 
.»«/  and  ali  th^t,  m 
yoiididl  Idotï't^ 
.  "  My  dear  Faony 
-  à^m  hi|f:IÉ8nce*  **i 
ysmr  ;^%> 
waait  me  t& 


Été'ititU). . 


'     --^     ..    Yonaayjoulike 
yo«  dpn't  ^o  on  tonob  as  if 

^.  imï)atî«a%,.»wakin« 
as  bave  doqe  witt 
^^i  H^do  To^i 
«r  fést 


îwa 


MÀCfDALEH^  VOif. 


■^. 


BOt  s1|Bnng  with  ail  yôtfr  m%lit  «fc  nottiing,  yon're  béeii 
Btérîng  at  lier.  Th«^  aomething  between  yoii  two  !  .Oh, 
yoa  needn*t  deny  it  T  *I  mayn't  be  élever  and  that,  as  yen 
and  ihe  are,  but  I  oan  see  aome  things  I  I  don'ji  know  whàt 
•it  ia.  You  may  be  in  love  with  her,  but'I  can  tell  y  on,  for 
your  comfort,  Doctor  Philip  Barstone,  ahe  hâtes  you  like 
poison^I    ïberel"  ^ 

The  littïe  owtburst  of  jealousy  patàed^mte  nnheeded — 
■  he  only  heard  thé  last  words.     ; 

*•  A'h  !  ^*  he"  saîd,  "  Mrs.  Barstoca  talks  ©rm^  td  you, 
does  she?  What  doôs  she  say  ?  Tt^sbe^  hâtes  me  s© 
intensely>  lonly  wônder  fA;e  di^sn't  endèJ^Tor  to  prevent 
J  yoùr  marrying,me/*  ' 

"  She  does  !  **  responded  Tanny,  prqtaiptlf  "  ahe  has  I 
Shesaysybu'reia  bad  màn,  afortone-huuter,  and  that  I  wiU 
be  unnappy  as  yonr-wife.  Phil,  «he  wouldn*t  hâte  you  ao 
without  aorae  reason  ;t  what  iè  it  ?    She  hardly  speàks  tô 

Îrouj  you  kupw,  and  shf  tiimed  her  back  apon  you  th« 
ast  tirae  you  wanted  tenhake  hàiïds  with  her.     Ifs  eiion^ 
to  makçany  oné sUspicions and  jealoua,  I  think  l" 

"  Then  TTon  need  be  neither.  The  reason  of  Mrs.  Bar.- 
atone'sdislikéis  palpent  enoqgh,Iâhonld8ay«    Ihàyefonnd 

her  out  !"  y* 

"  Fènnd  hét  out  ?    What  do  youiiean  P    Wh^t  hassho 

done  P"         'i  ' 

^^he  keepp  assignation»  with  an  nnknown  man— she 

receiVèa  iettora  f  rom  him,  and  I  hamdiacdverqd  her  ip,  tho 

aet,  botlv 

night  ôf 

anow-sto! 

be^re  s 

secret  m 

haVe  fou 


re  and  in  New  York,  Don*t  you^eodlept  the 
irge'«  ab^etkoe,  her  vlsil  to  the  oh|  mil!  in  tha 
?  Hâve  yoti  f orgotten  what  you  saw  yonrsôlf , 
evor  raàrried  ^orge  ?*  What  Mrs.  Ban^^a^ 
be,  I  don't  pretena  tosèy  ;  but,  as  1  told  you,  I 
'd  her  out,  and  she  hâtes  me  aocordiugly.  I  snonld 
not  be  at«ll  surprised— it,  wo#^  b©  qniteUike  yonr  s«a  - 
if  she  trttmpednpsomeoock  and  bnll  storympastiiiarâoc* 
of  mine  to  f rigfiten  you,  I  watqh  het:--ye8,| I  (lon*t?  deny  it 
HerunconoeMed  avefrsion  amns^  me  ;  buti  my  dé»  Itttl© 
ioolish  Fanftjf ,  be  jqfcloos  of  àll  the  rest  of  tip  world,  if  yott 
phôoiièj  uuly  laave  GeOi^geV.  wi|e  ont  tt^tt!M'«itrkonitigr-#=^ 
woëd  go  to  her  f  uneral  to-môïTfô#,^  «Mmded  the  dôQtof, 
ttathfnÛy,'  *'  w4th  the  greatest  pleaiirre  î  7  - 

Aùd  then,  Itbéingijpitedark  by  this  ^^«ie  ia  the  Wil-  - 
low  W^%  mé  the  tw^  smokafs  ont  et  B%ht,  the  «bM^ar 


.«,.. 


i>Bi.wmaKR4B. 


Jl'^^  ^T®\  *^"  t™  next  Sund^  we  «hall  haJi 
.Wt^jaur  m8uffera%«t«pid  MUlford  mi Wbehind  «a,  4d 

»^  oome  ^tween  us  no  more,  and  my  Panny  wîll  be  S 

,  œ^own.     Bvery  hour  wiU^eem  like  a centnïy  tome  «ntfl 

Tpnrsday  hap  corne  and  gone."  ^  " 

^Whioh  was  berfe^ly  trne,  thongh  not  qaite  in  tho  flat- 

^iTfrfhi;^?^  ^o-i^i^  «^alce|^nny|,d  J 

i^^*^!?^  *"*  *.'  fcbrpiano  wbVn  tfil  loveii  entered  piar- 
ing  8o1emn,^veet  mélodies  ofHozart  for  George,  aiS 
"if*'  ^^fi^^W  dre^-Phil  into  a  window  rec!w.  where 

dies  and  Hnl'ji,.  tender  protestation»  at  onW  Like  Sî 
young  women  m  love;  hep^anpeMte  for  sentimental  deoiS- 
ationg  was  insatiable,  aud  ép  fore  it  was  lô»,  Jietooro 

Wï«i  bim,  the  day  affcer  the  wedding.  v«.  i««m*, 

Maydalen  coold  see  them  from  wbere  8h«  u!L  and  Fannv^g 
bapny  face  .mote  her  with  n  ge^s«pf  keen  pS^sical  muT 

wil^ilT^  ^P  »?*  l^«8^ïii#vthe  honeit.  Mue  ^î» 
were  bent  npon  ber,  fnll  p£  tbat  tmstfnl  love  sbe  if5 
learned  to  knorw  so  well,  Elindly  faithfnl  and  doL-lik^ 

tbis^w^OéMr  Aould  take  ^ace.  Anâ  8he-Hibe  was  ibout 
toch<tog»i4î  tbiS  domeafS  peaoe  to  miserf  tod  SamS 

••«^01  Fftifip  BMwtone's  crime*  far  aa^  wifle  over  the 

gy^^t^^^.  ;^^;^^  btCXv'of 

gr^"  IWS^^y^- .  QgPire'g  love  ^onU  tnrn  to 


"•rthîi 


^i&B» 


plàyed  on,  <É^  wîwiii^  l>I^întî^t  JOifr^^iti^ikedL  ném 
«tiriing  from  the  «omitas  aj»tiitii«i»Tt«ii^w*.  Cgone^ 


lÏÀGPifcLEra  YOW; 


ttoniLai 


th<^  bonsehold  wôre  Mleei>  thàt  nigM»  JCf^ 
broaâ  àw&k&  Was  it  Iqo  Ifkte  yët,  Bhe|lK>Qg]9t  t  ^ 
Tlngiiâ^  QtiU  ritoAmèâ.  $be  had  mo  thonghfc  of  $|»r- 
ijBg^lii^^  BwratoQe  ;  bat  J'ànâ7-~-George---'A.iint  li^'di»-** 
tbe  pablio  disgrâce,  afc  leadt,  migbt  be  ap^Ted.  .Uimi.  ^ 
.Psanj^s  wedding  mast  not  take  plaoe,,  of  cpurse,  and' 
FaniiT^i  sorrov  and'  dis^ppoiiiitiDent  :aii4  -mortifloati^ia , 
wonMbe  vei7  l)^tèr;lmt  bettèr  iorrow  fof  a  few  peèks 
thflB  iif O'iong  migeTy.  ShÔ .  had  tely  to  tetl  Becstgé  rfre 
iiMle  Jtory  to-morrow,  to  bring  forward  "^1111»  and  Caro> 
lâsobj  to  ppove  her  words»  and  Pbilip  Barftone  woald  leate^ 
Ck»lden .Willows  to  croe^lits  threéhoid  nâiaore.  ToÏom 
friends,  home  and  fOrtane,  sorely  that  were  pnnishment 
enoagh.  :  Let  him  go  imd  hidisuliis  gnilt  ma  deapair  in 
aoiQe  disâtat  land,  renonnce  ail  elaim  nponFanny,  andr" 
lier  vow  wonld  hwre  bœn  kepi  iBifficiently.  Soâie  etory- 
^f,,  <»>ald  be  got  njp  to  aeoyunt  for  the  broken-off  marriag^ 
and  neiiàer  Misa  Barstone  nor  George  could  very  greatly 
bUme  her  for  her  part  in  hunting  him  dow^  They  wonld 
be  gratefoi,  instead,  that  she  had  saved  Fanny.  Why\ 
shooldshe  oondemn  herself  to  life-long  snfferingeyeii  to 
pnnnh  him  P  And  she  wéiited  jostioe,  not  févifeftge.  It 
was  yety  vell  for  WilUo  to.talk  ôl  aacrifîcing  ëtr^rything 
to  arâige  Laara  andrl^iaw^f.  Wa(Hsh«  to  lose  her  haj^py 
home,  her  belored .  hpsbaady  to  linng  etwnal  sbameand 
«rrow  npon'  ail  wh<>  loiN^  her  mpst^  to  brin^  about  hia 
publie  theatrioal  dénonèaMmi  ?  By  onlv  exposing  him  to 
Lia  family,  he  cQrtainly  woold  eeoape  tne  pttnishment  he 
wù  riohly  deserved — tha*  of  the  law— bat  fetter  one  iuA 
mm  shoald  «Scape  tbim  a  whoW  innocent  family  be  made 
^«iiflleri  Yoi,  tbere  waa  yei  tiaie^time  to  sfibye  henself 
lïil  tlMive  she  tofad  se  d«»lyYaiid  the^  «heuld  iMkaav^. . 
^«-morrçw  sbe  wonld  «ee  |v3Ue,  heghim^on.fi^r  kn«^, 
ttnee«Mfury, lo  eom»  withi^ to  George'» c^ffice  and  rey^ 
itâtt^to^iororrolr,  ^Htslip  Barstotie,  bianded  and  aa  oatratt, 
|[|wHildl«aT«Gdy^rWiilowtforeiner.  %  4  ^ 
TUb^  Btm  4i|  ibiPto-moriM^j»  that  waa  tft-a^TOkwaaa 
ttém  jji    taa  pwawBMË  jgff  in  ttia-^eaBtera  aky;  aa  ahe  lay 


«poft  k«r  ma  ma  hÊÊiA\ 
î  to-morrew  f" 


jj»S 


>^' 


ri. 


9  *Tt^y  ■  -^^^^6 

t  li^âl» — 

eâ..tiiaii.  ^ 
urse,  and 
rtiflôatiôu 
texr  weeks 
eoi^é  4lie 
Rnd  Oa]ro> 
>ald  leate^. 
Tolose 
tnishineiit 
àeapAÎFiit 
ny,  and:^ 
)àie  stoiry 
mArriage» 
rygreatly 
loy  wopla 
ay.  Why^ 
1^  even  to 
pu^e.  It 
ffïything 
ter  happy 
hame  aiid 
about  hi0 
Dg  him  to 
ibmeQt  he 
r  one  bad 
r  be  made 
^  henelf 

ter  kn««|, 

aômUimk, 


RcJnÉ' 


<■  ' 


nii$E~iBi^ 


»^  1. 


S9ft 


\ 


OHAPTBB  XÎXDL 

CHS  I^IINOIHO  WBsk. 


'..ij^jBloWl 


JtaM*U  h.w  ^.itted  ttoW  WUbwsf  to"ZrS 


•^^r-       . 


»^5î'^'^',?"y ''*'*''»»*»»  «««'  liglitin  lier  eyea  tSS' 
TOpper  witb  aaaro  gitdlé  and^uttering  blae^ribbona  in 

Î!?^??^!'"  ?*^*'=  ^*»«  ^«^  o'  the  table  MiaTîmS 
opened  the  day\  oampaign  briakly.  T  wmtep  , 

'  dav  anffird''r^r"  *"  "^"^  ^^^^  ««  *<>  ^««'o'd  to« 
ÎkL  k  ^P  me  4ecide  among  soma  loreW  ahadet  «mSc 
gjy  hayedown  m  Bentl^#.  *Qofet  «1^,  YorfTnwîZ 

mJtSnd  ^^«if  ««Jfe  ;^«»»^tbeiii  and  Ic^n't  mak^ 

awdealy  droop^  the  eyelid»-**  Tbowéar  eTèàfeir"         . 
J^,^  «»»*ed,  of  oonrie;  net  beat  piS2*  to«*. 


be  dridfvtbemitito 


fflc^ 


S0itn^ 


fcïâSS«sSKit;;?5'*?<'3''i'tt 


à76 


HACHi^âUSK'S  TOW. 


'7 


■N 


)  pomted  or  officioiiB  ^/bat 


•ble  to  Wt^  ^rstpne,  in 
itîil  mftrkèdly.  >  . 

.  Hwzdal«in's  br<^W8  had  contraoted  angrily  when  she 
fôtlndr  who  waa  to  be  thejr  esodrt  ;  bat  she  bad  acoej^tétt 
'Uie  Bltàation  in  silence. 

They  reached  Millford  as  the  town  clockf  were  cbiming 
eleven,  and  drove'  to  Benfkev'a  emporium.  And  hère, 
amid  pearl-graj^  and  moase-cèuuLsilka,  Miss  Winters  man- 
ageMi  to  paw  two  mortal  honjra,  oomparing  shades,  selept- 
mg  inrimmings*  eto.  Then  ^^  visited  a  ladiea'  salooti 
and  had  Inncheon,  Miss  Wintei»  deelaring  herself  fit  to 
drop  f i-otn  oxhaustion  ;  then  to  the  green-Taouseif  to  ord^r 
flowero  wherevirith  to  deoorate  the  hoase  on  the  bridai 
night;  then  to  sundjry tnillitters  and -^ressmakers,  ail  at 
work  for  the  heiresb,  and  then  it  was  five  o'clook,  and 
higli  time  to  ret^rn  hdme.  » 

There  had  been  no  possibility  of  escape  for  Masdalen. 
^hilip  hsid  néyer  qnifctéd  them  ;  and,  nnless  she-told  à  dè* 
liberate  falsehood^  invented  for  the  ocoasidn,  she  ooald  fiot 
baye  brbken  away.  A  deliberate  falselraod  Magdalén  was 
incapable  of.  Fate  had  mfedjt,  and,  in  an  inward  îmet 
of  intolérable  an±iéty,«hé  was'^orcedto  return,  nothing 
aeoômplished  despite  ail  her  résolves.  "  \     ._ 

Another  day  gone  1    Bot  two  now  nntil  the  faùl  wed- 
ding  day.     What  if,  af  ter  ail,  it,  were  written— if  ît  werw^ 
too  late— if  her  wicked  vow  ctf  Tengeaiu»  were  wreakk^ 
its  own  rétribution,  and  il  she  mnst  péUni  with  the  rjmx 
she  had  sworn  to  destroy  ?*  . ,  -  ^  / 

She  came  dowa  looking  èc'èrtiPtt"  and  white  xm.  Twesdi^ 
moming  that  ail  George^  fears  for  fa|er  h^th  #^rctre- 
newed,  The  business  of  yestérd^y  had^been  too  ihuch  for 
li©i.__flh«  was  still  weak  from^ee^t  ilmes8#*-Bànny  musfc 
flnd  soi£e  one  else  to  décide  ùvon  hèr  graya  ana  her  mooee 
O0|lor8---Magda)éh  niust  renp/aiQ  <}uiet,  and  ^tworryher- 
iei  foyer  the  vedding  pretérations  in  itnjf  wiiy>or  they 
iroold  hafe  her  laid  npontheir  bands  aniHi; 

Alter  wbteb  «xordiain,  George  kisaed  his  wife^and  de* 
iiliMiÉI«it  Vàikiy.  ^H<7^fc»  Ajilnt  I^ydia,  ha4 


gart^ 


Oûme 


hngeiy  indiœiaiil  at^îrO,  and  had  imdertakeir  to-reaM«h 
atrate  wit^  Fhil.        '     <  y 

**  Yon  go  faat,  my  friend,**  WMtàà  i  **  ywir  |»me it* 
Mttle  too  palpable  this  time.    Why  didnt  yon 


-* 


%: 


n^ji  but 

ben  aha 
looegtéll 

cfaimîng 
id  herOfl 
iXB  man^ 
I,  sèlepfc- 
i'  Balooti 
ilf  fit  to 
to  orcl^r 
le  bridai 
rs,  ail  at 
lok,  and 

agdalen. 
oTd  a  dé* 
oald  fîot 
aleo  was 
ird  iéxer 
hothing 


lui  wed- 
f  ît  we 
n^reaki 
the 

Ti<eaê«r 

iiuob  for 
my  musfe 
er  moQM 
orry  ber- 
,  or  tbV; 

0«and  d6f 
,  ha41 


s: 


"rmwB^pm 


m 


ï 


^r*i 


mxty  tboasan^^oUar^  conrse,  and  you  SS  ma^ 

The  ppor  èhUd'a  J^^Hkelj-to  be  a  Eappy  one  i^^^ 
_   My  dear  Geo«fo,>.hi8  cousin  retortecC  With  tbe  dnht 
tZ^Z'^^"  «««ÎW^hek^l^bout  to  8ay  sopiethint  nnnsuSl 
impertinent,  >^yon  are-tilroor  threeyears  mr  senior  fti;i 
you  ^  a  nnérried  man,  bul\ror  ail  tfiaMh7cSefof 
'  *    SÎST  J'  "V**  ^^^  '^H  »  l>e«^cent  Providenon?^  iî. 

hlS^ïïtvM?^y.k  l5^V«y~becau8e  Bbebï  S. 
ûerttçd  sixty  thousand  dollars,  tf^^yoStlik©,  and  l'm  not 

Mn'fi!:nf  w^i?-   7*^  ^''^  youT  w3;  married  for  love 
lis?  î  y<»'=*^^Wel^'i<>*  coun»,  poor  Fanr^.and  I  need  not 

l^J"  '^^J'ïï'^i^**''*  ^^^^^  hïnniness  aU  confidence  î. 
you  and  ifagdalen^^enjoy^it  wouïï  be  too  ihn\h  to  ex^ 
—but  m  a  hum-drum  and  unromantio  wà^VwIth^r 
mystenous  ppor  relations  in  tbe  backgronndi-F  We  no 

«^rZS  !«  ?*  '"'?^'*  his  wçU-aimed  bloir,"^  H,àîp 
SSS.^^^ii'''"°îîï«  *.*"m  And  Mr.  Bilrstone,  ^ 
elder,^mt«rfered  m  otber  èeo^  iïonoems  no  more. 

•^•pny  h*d  to  visit  Miftford  again  tbat  toominir     It 

^n^^l.l'^r^  belôre^SIcoming  invSe^inS 

^  ^«rs^y  nigbt,  and  sfae  toolç  her  sUveînd  adorerwith 

iasting  in  her  rpom  ;  Mr.  Totajflcina  w&s  writinjin  M?- 

day.  ^À»  «SMi  itroolt,  dosely  veOéé  anà  wearinr  a  #atSl 

yg.no  fatigue,  an4  i^btdTJrshabbrwgi^^^^^ 
bèKie  «Hiu.  jBbô  w«8  atfowMptaTrs,^!  ÏÎSSS! 
bne  alon^  sitting  forlomly  by  the  wikdow.  She  W 
'  M  ffiFJfT. P*t  **  «M^'  her  nti^xpeçted  riaitor.^^ 
^.  1  **  *  *  «taiwa,  Mw.  Beed,»'  fiiw4alen  aaid  ;  »l 
oûly  oame  to  aee  my  teptlaK    Wbeye  is  h?  ?  "  ' . 


^': 


V 


m'^'- 


"  Ont  l^r  the  çUyi  Ha  «aid  Usfc  niçht  ke  wm  gr<miiif 
19  ixlUTOlU  fM  aa  hystèrioftl  g^  frombeing  cooped  UP  liere» 
«nid  ^oKi  dajbroRk  tliis  morninfc  was  os  for  a  day  s  ïÉnl- 
Ikla  tl^ougli  tWcbautry.  Ho  will  not  be  baok  untîl  «fter 
nightfalL* 

MagdaleQ  sank  mto  A  ohaûr.  Fate»  tben,  waa  agi^t 
h&t  ;  auother  day  must  go,  and  evejy  instant  wà»  an-i 
sn^kaUy  âreqlotts  now. 

"  I  uiaat  Mil»  Mœ  l"  abo  cried.  "  I  inn^t  see  bim  to- 
night.  Tell  Wm  to  oome  to  Golden  WjBows— yes,  Mrs, 
i^ed,  hemast  corné— tell  bina  toJ>e  in  tbe  Willow  Walk, 
If  poœâble,  by  ten  to*night.  T0  bim,  from  me,  tû  be 
tberewitboutfaai^  :t 

"1  will  tell*  Moi.    Mrs.  Bawtone,  bas  lùytbing  ooi 

oarred  ?" 

"Nôtbinghas  occurred.    Tbe   weddîng  is  fixed  for 
Tbiirsday  mgbt.    I  must  sot  liages  now. ,  Tbe  moment 
^Ifillie  returnasend  biib  direct  to  ffoldea JTiUows,  wbether 
night  be  stormy  or  no.**        •  li 

bastened  àwa*  for  her  wéàry  ïiomewà^d  walk». 
Fanny  and  Pbilip  be  home  beforé  her?  sbe  won-" 
p.«^.  Yo8,  as  i^éopeued  tb^  on  ter  cate  tbe  firsfc  object 
i»  bebeld  wal  tbe  dbetor  smX)king  ois  oigar  uudertba 
^^ees.  He  was  lobkttû;  ai  ber  f ull»  tÀ^he  close  veil,  at  th6 
bng  nantie,  àt  ber  dasty  boot^  aiid  dress,  Mid  knew,  as 
well  as  ahîi  knéw  -^«welf ,  tbat  sbe  bad  been  to  tôwn— -tô 
Willie.  8be  hasténed  pasfc  bina,  not  pauaing  tàgî^oohia 
way,  aud  appearedino  viprù  ttiitâ  dinnér. 

Tbere  was  a  ilinner  party  this  Tuesday  eyening  |* 
0<5den  Willows-^Fanny's  bridesmaîds  were  ail  tbere,  and 
two  or  Uiree  of  Oeprge's  mos^timate  friends.  Ma^^aalen, 
iQ  pale  fflreen,v  ttestie  and  fieeey  tulle  ma  lace,  witbr  on« 
reai  wlu||  rosi  in  ber  golden  bà^^  âusfi,  bora 

!of  inirtiEBâtfeTer;  en  either  cbeek,  loçked  beautifuL    For 
Fannyr Wè  was  rnstling  in  a  trailînç  r^obe  of  dove-odored 
sUk,  with  jeweled   violets  wreatlung  ber  bâîr,  ourled, 
llaboratelyi  to  h0  waiat.    ,  . 
Tbe  doudy  inornii^  biw  ejided  in  a  nigbt  of  fine,  dn»»: 

sm^  and  talk  to  ibeir  guests,  â^  with  a  fire  in  ber  veins, 
ihet  temples  tbrol^ng,  ber  pulsea^t  lever Jbeat.    Yonder- 
sat^anny,  radiant  in  «niks  a^à  hvpj^neHâ  And  fnU  dress, 
beside  Pbilip  BwstoiMi    i^reat  beaveûa  l  wba*  a  farce,  » 


y:  /■ 


m 

Hif 

im 


Tm 


gtowiag 
up  hère» 

î  liim  Uh' 
'68,  Mrsr 

le,  to  be 

ihing  oo> 


^f^^ssfff'^lii^. 


»7ft 


mdmént 
wUether 


BÏhe  won- 
::s(i  object 
aider  tha 
til,  at  thé 
knew,  as 
town— -tiô 

witfrtmé 
asH,  barâ 

e-o<^r§d 
:,  ourled. 


•v> 


.-*«: 


'iPr 


vS^ 


her  veius, 
Ybûder- 
rall  drea9> 
a  fftro^H 


»fe*^'- 


J^JUU^I  «Ud  wht  •  cheât,  an  im,«^  «^e 
jwaltn  and  a  oottlldii  for  tiie  otb^:  tben    MftlCJ?« 

JT^the  dret  note  of  the  lancierg/«hS^  Cm  th^ 
dratnng-room  threir  a  shawl  om  hor  hSad.onTJd  ^ 

«f  the  tbm  Bhoes  slw  wore,  made  her  iSy  owr  wST™! 
tnmoe  and  aotûy  caUèd  •  ^    •  F««'^  ■•'  m»  en* 

rf^S^îf  W  ÎMJfoa*  Wng.    D&jom  }tw>w  J  hâve  been 
^^»»nw  the  nigfet  yon  tried  >>  droim  Téonell  '*  WiBfe 


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mploringlaof  to  his  m  fhe  XSSS;-    inSS  ab^^ 
«mghlyoï^his^eêflaahinga^Sr^    Willie  riio<^  h«r 


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■■■■■    ■.  i  ■     .'  -■■,       ■■  ■  '  '   '^z:  '■-■ 
««I^hoB^t  10 1"  hé  »id.    «More  of  yow^  feiMûii» 
f oolelyalSrfiokleiiei^i  C^ 

yottMe!    One  lionrTowi6ri?t«rw2y«n««n««T*°t^^^ 
-whimpering  anâ  befôing  meïcy  JR»  yoof  viotin»  I    The. 
iDftQ's  »  lo<3,who  truste  Ifto  beat  of  yon  I  ^        ^  .^ 

*a  3i)B?iiik  meroy  for  him,  Wafie  !"  Magdalen  cned^ 
in •  vww  of  suppreped  intenaiW.    "Expose  him-^m^T 
Wœ fro»  thi%  Ëoosc-lMknothiftg botter.    ït  m J«<^ . 
for  aedrge,  for  Fanny,  for  mysell,  I  ««'^,/^\,?Plt»  : 
thinkof,the8luime,the  eternal  disçrace.  ^epnbho  ^ 
posure,  yon  tbreaton  tèbringl    JCbmk  of  ^at  poor  giiiV 
IrokoB  heart!    Think  how  onrUstorj  willbe  dragged 
oYor  the  land  !    Tbink  how  thpy  wiM  h»te  and  jeapm  m, 
'  irbo  bavepl<>tted  in  sèeret  to  bri»g  about  thw  disgrâce  I  L 
do  not  aik  yon  to  ^re  tbe  gniltyi  bnt  the.  innocent, 
the  pnblio  exposnre.    Tell  aU  to-nigbt,  and  lethim  bè 
banigWfiûmâikbo»8e,with  loss  olname^home,  friendij 
fortnne,  mM».    Snwjjr  tbat  is  pUttishttient  enough  1  '  ^ 

«^Hot  half  pm^shment  enongh  I  I  tflll  yon  ^o,  J^agaa- 
ten-^ol  noî  no!— not  if  yon  went  doWn  en  ,yonr 
kne«e  and  begwd  for  it  l  Punishment,  rnde^  î  Bamsh 
him  from  thislionsç,  and  how  mnob  worse  oÉe  wi^he  be 
«an  before  ?  He  bas  bift  lîew  Yoric  borne,  and  bis  pro- 
fèssiolï,  uni  by  aiid  bSjM»»  wi»  ^m  of  bis  majriage  to 
«omevotber  forlnnft.  Wm  tbat  aveoge  JUnra,  Caroline, 
toTself  1^-  Aw  we  »H  to  «nfler  in  iilenoe  feecanw,  forsootb, 
*|i  reWirôns  w»!  be  œorMiïfea  by  bis  or^^^^ 

1  ?    He  is  the  morilerer  of  yonr  fatbet  and  ristear  : 

ïb  bkx  my  life  il  wiiM,  «y  obartwter  blasted,  «nd 

id  klAre,  selfiab  to  tbe  oète,  *f raid  to  low  jettrre- 

"  ^iwbwid  ànd  yonr  tespeetablè  home,  and  plead 

Jain  1    ^re  blA  for  F»nny>  |ake>  ind^  ! 

|iy,  or  a  milUon  ÏMinirs,  to  me^-to  yon, 

_^     ly cleak  yonr own  «elfisimesB  by  bernalne  r 

^ôlit'IMSHl]^^  I^^M!  ^^"^  y^^  ofl,  wlB  be  tïM 
làmi  ^^l^^^lHi^  adornn  of  yoà,  i^d^^ 
•^sbaa^-^^HK^^  irîtbont  mnob  componction. 
And  yen  ki5«||igi*  ^'^^^l 

arate  to  purst^fon-^i^ess,  abject  <^i^jid  that  jfen 
£re!  I  tâl  yon  no,  Ifegdalen  Ba»Mme-r«^.l*»d  agam 
and  again  no  1  If  an  angel^me.  dôwn^  frem  yoMtf  ak7 
with  tbe same  prayor, I  ^onld  spnm  Uw-rwf  I do  yt»! 


%     y 


' 


.  V 


\ 


Dasi 
wal 


yen 

wen 

tbe 
then 


SI 
irasi 
The 
léfti 
wett 
sbire 
To^ni 

•*dai 
He 

T^ 
«aroQ 

i^yest 

the  c 


)thi 
nome 
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and  I] 
4nd  l 
knew 

#Eri«he 


t* 


W 


V"r«-**  . 


vJarolmo  und  I  will  be  there  to  denonncé  him  i    JilSii 
werebomP*  «^  ««wo  proier  lor  you  yoa  nerer 

-^ârkiieagUyidl  beyonll  wmafet  no  farthtr 

^^9  ^^'^  ^^^^  P^<*"^«?  Wô  final  rhfr 
^y^^  *hf9«gh  thÎB  abomiiiàlile  di     ' 

fid  bnmd  him,  beforé  »1! 
«*iéw  hinîself  fcç  be. 

filtisfied 


]>fttidi 


-«« 


iim«. 


ttoi  a  bngmess  in  whioh  fcbo  Millford  bïïl 


.... 


Wam  workj  iny  dear,"  ko  nûd.    "Pd  ikUi*  mik  |» 


"iV 


■  '-'  J' 


palélio^iiiglil,  UMedaSm-^fm  te  ftltiri^jpalâF  «f  Uitâ^bttl 

yon-  at3  qaite  fll-l»okin|f,  i^w.    Whè^t T  «»y  fflrléolcmg^ 

niy  k»Te^  of  ooàim^oii  Eiiim  #^^^  -   i 

She  strove  to  smilé  as  sha  in«dè  pluoé  lot  hm  bèsidA 

her.  .  ^-  ■  V-   ■-."■■-.-- 

*'  lam not ill--«liU16<)lriUf,  somebo^—tliitiaàU.  IThey 
tfa  goi|^  to  dance  ^aiii.^  Oeorgè,  I  Urînk  i  wiU  i|à  np 
and  ie&  if  Mut  Lj^  i»  adee|»---ncai[e  dl  Qâ  lunr»  beau  m 
hcor  rofo^^Ma  eTenÙD^" 

'  V<*y  ▼efl,  my  âetev.-only  doii*t  stay  too  Iom  arraia  il 


"i. 


(« 


she  sboald  be  a#àk«.  The  rôom  ia  empfcy/'  Mr,  Jten^ste 
addeé,  galhuitly>  '<vken  tba  ïNrettieat  «ouraii  nraieàt 
ieayerîti»  .  -  „   *^ 

Maflpdalen'ipeiit  iip^  HIh  BiiBt<ioe*8  apartment,  loniid 
ifisa  BantoQfl  atiBl  airake,  ^ateniBC  totbe  distant  so&nd 
ti  tbe  œnsio,  and  renuiin^  witb  ber  nstoly  an  boor* 
Tbey  w«ra  too  g»y  tb  laisB  bar  below  staira,  and  that  terf 
gi^atyjarrad  npon  her  honribfy  io-night;  Sbe  laid  her 
MÉd  iraarilT  on  the,  bedside,  «ith  a  Wg,  beaéUidk  «gb» 
aa  thoqgb  sha  nerer  oared  to  lift  it  agiain. 

**  fbeane  ia  «omethi|U|rttt  yoiûr  mind»  my  djwr,**  Aimi 
Lydm  said,  qnieti^  ^  '*  I  wiah  I  èoald  help  yon,  Magdalen.* 
.  *'  No  one  oan  h«Sp  ta»,''  t}&e  g$i^afeid^4rtj|^«ni«t  ' 
spaÎF  ladder  than  teirstf  "  my  ttdtlwkrii  I^Bâ] 
hqpe  r  Oh,  Annt  Lyd^ia,  il  îre  ooold  «mly^nHK  onr  owa 
^|«6i^  wbai  hi^y  oràatmrea  un»  abenld  bè  !  Bnt^ni  Uret 
""tinuit  othera  BÉakè  titeakT-#»i>«bnt  .pa^MUi»  ihtllMGl . 

'    lorabla  Fata^  andJâl  oâl'liiîiltggka  «m  bnt  £r«iâ|ii»l 

T'iHab,  farf  aoon  iM(prnpf»n  wi^  hâte  me^-  and 

had  nevar  aeen  my;|iba$  l^  >et,  snd  jet»  l 


wwl 

tnyseU' 


m  I  oonld 

Q  are }    My  déar  tfagdaïen,^  itozpi^MdUj 
^  tdoyen  meanf'     ^ 

~yon..  IMar  friand— beat  fri««d»4:  aa 

ôf  ^onrs.    Hy  own  hand— 'itijf  o^ 

.^_.^  ,«„.  miaed  a  bander^  bel«inMii 

*  mfw  Jnothar  ailÀ 


'^»rr. 


:'W!(ff$èi^'"f<i  ■ 


able.   ^Do^net  aak  me  anV  qneeiièfnif  ^i\m 
wai  kn^tr  aJl-^all  "-^with  a  ohoking^  ^L. 
XiOve  me,  if  yen  ôan,  nntil  that  tisM  coqpi^ailli 
Intè^lhé  onterdwkneai^  irliansiiQèiintÉiivivIl 


[16»  y<; 


Miff  «feu  ià 

ma  proMQi' 

lent,  I oQiid  V 
iteni  fonnd 

4  tbàtt^rf    : 

Rup— -{KMi 

noar  owb 


Dotiler  «à» 


•f*-; 


ii^troiiMe  on  font  m 
tf  jonr  hu»biind  ?  ?  h, 
Jwl  felriiik>  ityon  luul 
«w«iTe  y<j«,  an^'^IoTe 
^forig^ve,-XoiturB 
pin$m(^nQtfiihm  ' 


#  yff  a  Dot  go  ti^  é«ofg«~- 

09mmi<;fc«d  *cl^,  ho  wouia 
^  more  foï  fcwiiig»oin«th  W 


^f!f  h~:-^ 


"ho 


?>îi?*p*" 


«Qa  dmartod  im. 


»^w  sïï'  in'îhV^sri.'ïï 


orttti« 


bi»#lûid  nUiKÎ  U  ofchiirwfie.    The  «uttriag^ 


.•«'î 


'-3 


98i 


l|iMStt>Ji^»S^VOW. 


wà^,  ahd  to  be  followed  |y  al  old-fMhioned  w6ddi£ 
?^'    ?Ç*°l?:*.«f^!**  itwkler  for  fashion  o«  otb«r  oooif^ 

Wedneadwr  dawned,  atiU  wetind  gloomy,  Ûmog  lÊi» 
Wintew  wjtfi  apprebensioin  for  the' inorroir.     f^  ^^ 

;'I  wouldh't,  for  coontl««' worldiî''  that  Vonn«  tod* 
Mud;  at  break^t,  «  be  tnarried .  npon  a^etiiy  I    OnK 

what  pro8p<K>t  ôf  haptoiiiôsà  one  wooHTaTe,  m«iSed  ^nT 
aw«»W6,  8î<jppy,  Boakîng  day  Mke  thia." 

^e nuDtWa.    Weroir^Jù  awaro of  thé  inteTentiugm H 

T^^m^*^  ^  ^  ^  ^^"** •^^®'''  ^"^ 

Fatuiy  ghookher  bëad.  -     ;   ' 

**  Postpone  thé  mardage  l  Ko,  Oooorge^bad  a 
darmi^^,  a  iMMtpdoéd  man^o  ig  Jorw.  TTo 
^f**°¥*  '^  %  ^^y-^n't  you  romombér  ?» 

AÇawkw^gOéBoefelt   ^ilip  looked  malicionaîy  at 
Gô?^    wM    «r^       lookéd  stMfaatly  at  hiaplàto,  wi* 

"If  th©  weather  is  to  be  «mW^tnatio  éf  oôlHredded  hai»^. 
pmeM,  œy  dearFann^f,"  Pbilî/said,  "you  may  tako  my 
sword  lor  li^the  day^mll b«  withoot  précëdèDt in  the w»y ci 
foeneag.  Geortt,  I  ghaU  walk  inwith  you  to  HfllfoS 
thi»  moniing.  TPhe  hoqio  wUl  be  in  anch  a  state  of  bridï 
J5(J*Î?*****"'"!^  *^^*^  '^^  1^n»<^nfoir,  aa  to  be  ïntoler- 

nÀffiîfJ  préI»rationa  ^were  ind€|êd,  at  thetr  fiéi^t. 
The  bridi^troQMeatt  faad  arrived  froÀ  New  York,  wîth 
the  exception  of  the  wedding  dresa  and  veil,  ezpeoteé  br 
thia  ewnmg'a  tfeûn.  The;bHdal  preaenta  wen  Séy  anî 
bandaotne,  «ud  >ere  to  bé^iaplayed,  in  WKthéîf  apiendor 

wady  to  be  paoted  ;  the  handaome  traveliiig  aoit  waa  in 
/aotive  oonmUtion  in  Millford.     Thiîra  i5tr  tTrr  ttarti 
Wme»jS0WWwùTltîn  thé  honBe-jad^^l^^lTOonS  - 
{tf  needIewOTk  Fanny  waa  hatltig  done,  her  ^éle  fntnr* 
l^e  waa  to  be  oné|Drolongéd  Sanday,  ^  the  dry  J 
wUim  «loaed.    And  thé  rooikia  vi^  to Wâeoon^ 


^  /• 


hi 


'■>>t->---; 


'<i 


î^  WBDÏprO  irBBK. 


^ 


timai  b^re  night. 

•w«7«n hoar  or  two  t)iroiiKh  thà  town    .iffin-    »  " 

Misa  Wmteiy  fiftd  very  Uttle  tîme  even  toTtalk  to  PWim 

tfckes  thmM  qaietl^  and  doog  nothin/"  ^    -    ® 

j^;  M  tht  40ot«r.    - 1  d<^^ 


*iiHiii«iy  and  tbt  temôer  bt  tbe  deuSC»     "        '   ^^ 
A8ttiÉito<MatolnocEeoiirècaHod  tbe  tiwi  giitt«liBM»iMfc 


pi 


ïfS 


'ssà 


^ULQTiAùsmyow, 


HaiXord  road,  and  tfiîn  S  in  w^  h^  ^*^^  **<»5flf  **»• 

pom  the  Une  erap.    to!S*ÎSÎ5?S^.^««^l<»k«d 

S^«P^7edttid««nfiw:ttMir)^|^ 
inçrooin,  after  diniMir  •  iioîiltrf  S 


'1>it 


i&i^;-'m^:.m 


-tWi^àSiTto;:  rs  î^iss'  is; 


^^-^ 


if 


■Misoiui  fkrà 

'■  •  ■  ï^ ,  ;    "  '  ". 

no  {>ow«r  io 
iriouBljr.  He 
^  «long  tlie 
"rfo.    Wonld 

àinoe  |>râAk« 

tetefiêhlj, 

thh  whito 

>st  its  Insfcei^» 

Tbe  bettnti- 
Btel  looked 

00»  <tf  Ji€r. 


JiUj.    It  bad  »  court  tnin  tbaTîw^S  f or  W,  bSiS 
^^  flouaoâp  aii4  ofwdrew  of  ddoheaBe  lice     Tha»  -ÎS  * 
OT»tajg»  «owpmi,  fprmmg  »  coronet  in  tpmt,  a^wiS 


8pra?8  béhmd.    Therè  was  a 

^«mer  dresses,  bail  dr«t,  l«umu,5SaisÇîtâ?dr2ïï 
and:  carnage  oo^tume^   and  each*  suTScSriSwS 

,    And/'  mased  the  bliaafùl  bride,  «  n<i  on»  in  MiJlford 
rer  had  aitoh  a  froniseaa  or  «i  in«nv  i^^TSS*?^?""**.^? 


u^  o«  une  I 
She  sat  wtth  dovnoart 

erted  ' ■ 
JP9y 
ubwxt  to  „^ 
,  «tjpresent  \^$ 
fl^ind,  to  ber  âk,..wff«„ 


«he^ln  «Dd  Koa  bi^f 

n--  — ^s;»4^;'Aaii.  abe  waPSw' 
t^wMtrf  PMTbut  jiwt  J 
n^nwderâtioa»  In  W  /- 
|^;I«i»n'tiliink]Ci8B; 
l<^  to  maoh  moro 


wàrrôMuriedi 


itaii 


.&>^7  aaid,  with  a  inl^ 
.:^  w^  1^  tho  n&i^ijào»,^wi 


'3*. 


?^^^^ 


tt 


iAio^mmw iSSùfim.  mSSfmj m^nj^- 


MA(mA3jaS*B  vow. 


mit  iuiy  «xtern^  tâà  f   îjot  os  hAToyotir  melanohohr  wùtutA^ 
bydlmeww.Mrt.Bawfcwiel*'  ,  ^     ^^*r 

•  KAfdal«ii^^ng  it,  «  ihe  had  song  tW  ïwfe,  witheui . 

^?"i^**5*'  ®'  '*^*'*'*  ^"  ^«  lîtfc6ii«il,  there  rolç  op  hetom 
Phuip  Bantone»  with  horrible  TmdiiMiL  «wo  graTM,  ^ven 
iH)w  with  the  tpriiig  jrass  aud  tho  **  blowoimiiff  olover,*' 
the  gtKtmùt  Lfttirà  Allir«ra  and  €arolin|9Ba^  : 

r ■  ,  ^    ■■  ■■<. 

I  Uot«  the  flo«7  of  the  wéairy  yaan» 

Uke  |he  flow  of  thit  flowiiûg' rivéir  ; 

BatNj^«d  Iniigr  heért  ar»  itB  EmÔM  and  fèan. 
IVM«iwaBdil<nwf«rl  ^^^ 

'  nvnt  a%ht  In  tiie  distaÉioe  gleam»--' 

'^  eye  looks  ont  for  the  lover. 

•weet  be  yonr  aleep,  k)v«-Hiweet  be  your  dwiama 

^'^-*  tbe  bloMomtog  oloTer, 

?eetHB0MUi|Bd«  beeélrànted  «iloiw  I 

There  im^  i^jB  a  Wteried  pathde  ini  tiiia  émjg;  M  Maa> 
^«1e^  lang  it.  ^er  thon jjhta^  too,  trere  wîOi  Ijaur»  in  her 
tiam9)«M  gr»v%  Pbilip  Bâbtône  rose  np  àbrnptly  and 
undM  otit  <rf  jtha  «toi  as  khe  m*he  piano.  ^-  '- *  ^ 
«ne  texnieetthe   '        '    ... 

iwmi  oat  into  tbe 

^aidf^htaaltbe] 
there  ao  long  tbai  |i^ 

•*WM  are    tou 

weather  likeT*»  ^ 

Phil  pat  his  arm 

"  The  weather  ' 
I400I;  yondei^th»' 
oomiog  ont.    Let  ,_  _ 
Mm.  Barsube  ret^âie  _^ .  ^._, 
o'olockP'  ■^>^: 

Magdalen,  lamp/  in  Ismï,  jNft4 
hold  and  ttiw  tbat  tabl^i^    He  i^» 
„    he  did  80  boldly  now^  holding  Jl^tj  -^^ 
^  anj  ainiater  deatgiM  againat  hiq^,  what  more 
her,  he  thonffht,  than  aeeing  Fanny— «0. 

"  Eleren  o'olook  is  my  ^anal  hojnr.    Mj  depari»it«|J 
hafeten  no  one  elae.    Oodd  iiigbt>  Fanny  1^'  i^J 

-  She  apoke  with  marked  ^Mileaa  ;  fto  did  not  Uû  ïam. 
good-night    She  had  lookéd  hlân  fnS  iâibefaoe lor  «oê 


'  thr^ngh^ 
Heatodd 


TH^  WaDDIKG  WKEK. 


/•■ 


^tararf  a„4»dM  Migdri|S  dS|^  j^i^fg 

«•  goliitto  lMirei»«>oi»ble  »moklmF^^J:^!t 
that  mMu  ,  I  don'ï  fml  >  bit  .lalSfR^j^  "wtvrtu* 
ia  «d  talk  ti  jon™  ■  ?JK  "^  ^  »»*  <!»  «>m 


Bot  the  d 
aide. 


î2i5M^ 


j':/^,^^'^*^-^ 


■^i'^*»;»;*^-;.. 


'î*  ' 


|tu  robe  and 
bad  ^mper 


t  Fanny^  hàd  pirbplio» 

liTiR*  -    -^^.— ^,—  «ne  when  PhiUD  Bat- 

^iS^  ^"^♦ï^i'*"*^  «^«^y*^»**»  hî«»  rioh  bridé 


uA0m:ùgs%ww. 


dwknaM  and  ihè  |^w.  H«  kNr«red  his  light,  <»#9a«d 
tiM  «rindair  wid«Jwk  •  oigar  and  itt  d'own  to  keepTip 
niit4l  moming,'  „     %  '•  • 

libe  atorai  faad  4)l««i«d  «a^i^r  »««^>  l>»Citeii  rinni* 
dbrioaily  aboTe,  tbe  earîy  risiiig  moon  aiiioadt  ««a  aaftiiig. 
l^lM, iiidaf4,totok«itaaa|^oodoi»«tt  r^  O^ia^awiiiftir 
graj,  tM  nwr,  in  tlw  eiat,  and  whjU  1»  «at  tliara»  mlc, 
Ea^^,  «tUPqpi;  the  ■nn^mae  brilUaniiy  on  PiiffîpBi^ 
'  itt'a  «eoMâ  wedding  day. 


'h. 


* 


affàPTBB  XXXHL 


^spWTSè, 


a^w  JwHç^K  •  ^■■^■afc  ^^w,  ^^pp^^pf 


^•^^ 


>t  app«ar 


^t  braakfiMit  on  iimt 

ig.    j^eitiier  did  Mis.  Geoiga» 

li^t  had  >eea  aa  sle«]^«i8  as  tkm 

re  àhçtjfitq^  the  deep  of  exliaaa- 

JfejK»JN">P<»'oif 


-^%»'^^»i; 


«A» 

xMér,  d^  . 
aon^to^day? 
tlialadf8lai€6n 
idl  tiba  «atitfiiiai        ^. 
.  ^lalÂ  lélËaml  •  Ta  fi^^ii»  pi      ,  ^ 
^  centle  midlltii  of  fiTerand-lin%  um-^»»^. 
^ma  fi  if  I  irisro  ^joing  to  bi»  manted  a^wdl, 
'  iaisk  li«ft»r#  iianrtfn  •  o^fiaiplr.  i^SBehani-jr — 
ciniiilieooiitaaQf  aday.    TharvoaV 


ferai  irxDDure  jnoHT.  «^ 

tiL fâilviJ^  SÎTi^  ^'^'^  J"*^  IM.  lOl «long 

ni|r  inko  ohronw  km  «pirits  and  lîeadiiehe.    I  motl  Uâm 
hv  m,j  for  »^p  ^ewhen».    tt  I  wei*  «  inuigiMti 

tliêt  ««iched  <m  her  mhid.    It's  noCrf  ooiTniL    '' 
oonlouiidiid  i|coanafd,  LfcngteT,  hang  bîm  J?^ 
_TtM  uiTisilde  ones  teade  ih«lp  •ppeammb  ' 
of  010  d«f— Fannj,  who,  utider  aaj  eiran 
noi  oonflne  heneQ  to  oae  spot  knur.  arri 
iiit,  tlMu  Pbilip»  tbèn.JU^«a. 
_  Ifc  wa»  paat  nooo  befora  Magdalen 
Biehard  had nnntared oa^  andFi 
Mai  won  bavr  aa  beta  patti 
oBci^rations  of  the  roonu. 
Aa  aanal,  Miaa  Wintefa 
Uttlatas 


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..^  BbOip  and 
wtwôbotiM^ 
.tiradiaa  io  tb«r 


i4u4 


dBtoMllaa 
4(«oahéà] 


làal  nii^t'a 
héaltkaiMlcooa 


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I jîirairvifle  afc  onoa^ 


Tb« 


fKHild 


Ii|gb4li4l  r  ib4Li(iaBMiBâar  of  th? 


'•■ï^*r«i  -VtB'g» 


■™**'*'"*  *■'"*'•«»*  «ll^atpraaanL 

5«v    „*'î'*  "î*  **»  wom  Magdalanllftaiid 

dnft  wita  the  onmnt;  and  wde  ao  «ffait  to 
t»»«  arrange  tb»  flowen^  aair  to  tbtt-'da4M»rt^iaai 

.^.^  — .  K«.cmg  of  tb«  tàanr  and  MkaL  and  t&aîSk 


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lËLaDACEirs  rov. 


I: 


Slie  inipdoted  tlito  «ârm^iaiiient  of  ih»  di^Ming-Tboma-Hdiè 
did  ererf fihiag  it  «as  her  daty  m  mistreÉi  of  the  hunM  ta 
do---aiid  iU^l  in  a  dead,  meohanioal  sort  otwtkf.  Mazout 
sraUlng,  wifehoat  c^kuig. 

,  The  flèirantc  in  ibè  honae  looked  ai  ber  ttony  f aoe»  f^ 
irbiapered.  ^ey  remembered  ftbàt  flxed  ri^dit^  of  çoùve' 
teHanoe  Inijg  «f  ter.  '         .  '       ,  ' 

If  ibAjiPOver  to  feél  tbankfnl  for  àuything  hâd  been  lid^ 

ber,  sbe  wonld  bàye'^felt  tbanlcfal  tbaï  Oeortra  and  Pbilip 

.^eroaway;    It  wss  ber  Uwt  day  at  Gktlâeii  Willows— h«r 

'''       day  à»  .G«orge*«  wife.    Sbe  nevèr  for  one^  second  foarv 

"  \ti  during  tne  faat  flying  bours  of  that  strange  day* 

lyastl  the  lâstFV  She  thonglit  of  it  as  sbe  at^ 

rànged^lanny's  bridai  présents  in  alittle  room  opening 

off  the  draning-room-rr-fs  rite  knelt  beside  ber,  later,  assise, 

ingbi^to  |uk  the  HràsitrayeUiig  trnnk.    "Tfaebptl^ 

Wd  sKé  wiw  «ing  tbeongb  th»  dr^ry  f  jNfce  bn^qr^^jtb  tho 

Ust  ^paratPibfor  a  wedding  and  a  joamey  that  wonld 

ne?er  be.    Fai^l^Bmiling;  rosy  face  beamed  rf^disntly 

iipon  ber  now,  aili|#te  knev  that,  in  a  few  bbârs,  thé 

raniles  iwd  radianéelli^ald  be  strnek^ont  of  ;it,  perb^^ps 

forever.  .   '••  '''^  "■  ■■■'-■.'': 

Tbo  sanny  Apil  aftonM^  drew  Jbo  a  close  ;  tba  silvery 

twiUgbt  fell.  Âll  was  oi>^W^.^||||^Éi^ÉtdKSI^^^^°' 
«Térytbing  vas  in  order,  amf ^Urolffiravvim^iMÉCfioin 

«dress^g.  ^ThiS  forest  of  pins^ibad  diM|»peaDPed- 
brovtt  tresses  irero  bailt  in  a  toperb  ohsgiion,  witb  } 
ringiots  domi  to  ber  eye-browi,  and  long  riaglèts  traiÙ 

%  over  ber  shoniders.    The  two  seaôuib'esèes  ana  the  smart< 

,  of  the  honsemaids  were  arraogiag  the  bridld  toile^  witb 
Mrs.  BarstoÀe  by,  to  i»aperinluma-— Mrs.  Barstone,  witb 
tbat  face  of  stdne — ^thist  unsmilin}  motttb— <tbo6e  bnrning» 
brigbt-blne  eyes.  ^       «. 

The  first  carriage  eamo— Hûîs  Wmtsrs'  tbnw  brides^ 
maids  had  arriyed.  l'ire  minâtes  kter  they  bad  flnttered 
ilp^io  the  bridai  bow«r— «11  exclamatidml  and  pink  t&Mao 
— 4L8eoond  lond  ring  »t  the^U  oanae^  _  ;^_ 

rB>ok  iot;  B0i^*^3SBB^  lûmtwàji'^f^tamm» 

who  it  is.    I  doii't  see  wbat  on  oarUi  koeps  tboM»  tix«iOiao 
fireatnn^  I-**"  ','*"".",,•, 

*«  ThfNiO  tireioiâe  or^tares  ''•^l^orvt^  ber  biidemMB» 

'  aiid  biioMsin  aQdgvooms'kàaii'p^werethere.    ScanaJHMlllt- 
|ng  terror  Aid  kept  Philip  away  firom  tbo  honse  ièé  wbol* 


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te«n5l  wM  ^ï''  ""  "î^ïJ?  and  Baid  a  yJsit>  Mrs. 

i?^?*î*  told  Ëim  nofchiù^.  WiUie^wwd  iSa  no- 
ÏL*  ïî  **i®.  "^?;  5®  returaed  tptte  court  hoûsé,  sat 
5?lrlï  »? *^  **'  ^^  Peter  for  trifling  with  the  affectioM 
f  f  5«  *^»J»«d  nwer  ^eard  two  words  from  béginninî 

Sat;te«Sl,J^l£  f^^^^ 

Jhe  ttawé  ittén  retumed  tothe  house  together  aa  the 
^.^2"'<*»  «fer  the  treaj^pg  iftwi  flooded  earth  and  skr 
wi  h  1  8  yelW  Kght.  ;^9arottf^^g8  with^îetol^ 
^"?i  ûwtinctuesà-tho  fmtifm  ftarf,  the  l>wf  nii*  ' 
«Osy,  the^fall  wlute  woon,  flie  brightljjit  façade  W4iia- 

i^U^Jf^F^^  **'  flo^ow  aé  he7ût^wd,  the 
huih  tbat  geemed  to  reigni  ''■  J^ 

A  Jight  fgpiwr  awfâted  ^è  geiaaéi»en--he  noi^ild  tasto 
nothmg.    He  drank  haU  a  tote^îèr  of  brandy  andlrenfe 
pp  to  h^.wpm  to  droM.    I»  theupper  haWe  came  faoe 
to  face  with  George'a  w:*^,^^^^^^^ 
laWe  impiase,  he  atoi^^*l(iokedMï|ii  her  eTCs. 

8he  was,  dreased  for  JhfTèTeniiigjP^  ^ 

marble  âgainst  the  fleeoy  aof  tttèi^f  the  drapety.    He  sa" 

^BtnijgB  <pearl8  claapîog^back  theawber  haif  ;  the  marble 
whiteneagof  thefao0rthe  ««^  ^^^^ 

the  cold  ghtter  ^  iapph^gfimeg.^^^^^^  ^^^^ 
^.beaa^ulj^  &^Mi*,  11^ ghe  v^  dresee^^lS 
wedding^lRr  hi«I    Woftfe  ihr  do  that  îf  that  wftddi^ 

him  hke.thw if  she mwttitodewmiidé bim  to-nightf  * 
They  bôth  atood  «iJiMhMe  iniitiial  enemie?  on  ihe 
yergeof^a^^thedwtli,«idïookêdeaoh  other  «traight 
m  thP^^^g  wg^ birt  iN tbr^aeconds-Tbree  bon Jit 
jeemed  to  Pbifep  Barst^Bie.  H^i^ried  tp  •mile--.be  Xre 
to  make  some  light  iœroi»oi«,é#k.    The  Mie  Iroae^ 

rel^'oïtW:ârg*lK2^^  ^^ 

Mrt.  Bantone  dMoended  to  feoeive  them.    Sbe  loarèSy 
Wt  pam,  or  dread  or  atiipeniéi    A  liorrible  noiirtiBéii  bi4 


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M^DAtasrd  TOIT; 

h«<^-4^  dvU  «pAthy.  Sh»  wtm  poweii«n  lor  i^oodtir 
étil.  Her  tàle  ià  tliig  fftrw  whiob  had  aU  ^«  elefl^nlB  ot 
»  fcrfi|^7,,iBiis(  foe  pUyed  <mt  qaiefclj  4o  the  eB<â. 

ït  ww  past  nm«  ;  at  ton  tile  weddi&g  wat  to  tikke  plaoe. 
GeôrgB  made  hu  «xpeditiomi  toSlet  in  balf  an  hou»,  aii4 
ioined  hia  wife.  The  drawing-rôom  waa  filUQff  fut  The 
Ber«  Ht.  Har4mghad«rnTed2  withhis  wifeaad  ûsaghienu 
Otiorge  sajir  Magdalen  standing  talklngio  bitti,  looking 
▼etj  beantâfol,  ba^  with  a  daadWpafic^  uvecaprâadSngtbat 
bMUiljwÀ  sfcraage»  far-awaj  look  in  ber  éjes.  Mojre  tban 
«ne  bad  notioed  tbat  ringowr  lodk^an4  eommentoi  npon 
ifcaire^dy,  -.  .        , 

''Hi^w  ttbita  «ad  rind  t(n.  Bantône  leeQiodf'  How 
■tern  «nd  nnamîlinff  I  llfbat  «  fitomgelook  she  bad  in  htf 
ejesl    Wbat  waa  tbe  matMr  f^ 

Feopleramemberadjklii»  £8»9^1dbani'«psrty,  and  Mrs, 
.Bacstane'e  nngalar  foinkhq^  fit  nnon  fbat  ocoaaiom  Mfâs 
tl}0re  iometbing  wrong  ?  A  cbill  felllnpon  tbe  gaasta, 
They  waited  broa^easlv  lor  «ooM^ing  animal  to  bappen, 
gatliaring  i|i  groapa  und  fà)kingin  ttjrtilieriooiriii^deriaftiée.  ^« 

0«n^8  f ranlr  face  and  fgàom  manner  tbaired  fbe  frost 
a  iitâ9,  bat  oonld  nofc  ^ite  diapel  it.  Feçple  gUm^od  br 
irtealtb  ai^ibetr  watçbûk  and  irished  ten  o'^o^b  Woaia . 
âome..  Thé  bAii  giaèrt  bâd  arrlTed,  and  Mn.  BatstonçL 
with  f  tvrribla  diangard  ot  tbe  propxiilMa,  bad  deserted 
ber  gueata  and  tak«n  ber  p^ao^  ne«r  mo  of  tbe^  wtndova, 
fuing  ateadfaBtlf  ont  witb  wi  faee  ot  stone. 

Fita  roiniitaa  to  tenr-^taa  !  Tb^  Rev.  M3^  Harding 
book  In  band,  bad  taken  bit  ji^  ;  ^ere  waa  a  breathleaa 
bnsb  and  flatter.  FTe'rr  ona  lobked  at  Mfs.  George. 
Mn.  «Gkorfe  never  atirred  ;  abe  aeemed  froaen  to  ber  séat. 
Her  bnabiid  an|mdii«d  and  beni  oirer  ber  atuâondj. 

"My  de^  IQwdalen»*'  be  wbiâpered,  «do  riàa  np 
Tbqr  ara  «n^BÛiig  m  V 

Sba  «xefer  tranred  ;  ihe  iteTer  i^pok^  ;  ber  ftxed  êyea 
Herer  l«<t  t^tajmHmiit  proapeot^  witbont  Tbej  were 
Wira»  not  bere  I  Thèy^'irere  entmritig 
_  np»  waa  mmlmé  te  1»  iêé&l  ^Tffijd  tlS 
lia  tho^lMHiBe ée|^4tt>i oÀ  it,  4ie«oa!â notbaVe 
Bpoiw^Mj^pbnld  ntft  bave  itttered  oiie  Word  to  prerent  this 
mêWi^-'.M^  Mt  as  thoagballbnTBan  pow«r,  but  tbi» 
Bowçr*^  iuilig  blaakiy  osT  «f  ibis  wmdow,  bad  lât 


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A  aoft  ^«t^r  of  w<mutk*B  àtàtia,  uTeoft  watt  ot  mrt^im, 
a  low  mnrmnr  froia  thegaettâ,  and  the  ir^dding  pàrtf' 
-vraêin  the  room— Fanaj  Swaing  on  Philippe  arin,  Hiahei 
wifeb  ÂMp  exoitomenfc  anâ  expectatioik»  li«  «al»  as  doèlh 
itself.  He  glanoed  once  at  that  mntiM|rf^i(fcuiij  bv  ihe 
vindow.  Oh,  6i>d  1  woold  fche  ii«:(t  ft#'%ittt«8  paaa  an(L 
noflhing  happen  F  h 

Ho  1  At  ^at  yery  ipBtaai  the  «irden  gâte  ôp«iiad 
swiftly,  and  a  man  and  â  woman  harned>  almoei  a£m  mn, 
«p  the  walk  bo  the  hoitsei.  The  womiii  waa  anreUed  :  no 
need  of  disgnise  now.  :  Â  «breui  aImo«^  hreJce  irom  Ma^- 
èBiexk*B  )ips  ;  her  hands  lookM  eonvn^Tely 'in  hear  Hip. 
Ab  the  iNTida  and  bridegroom  todktfaeîr  placée,  ajTtiiéiiûtk. 
ktor  opened  bis  book^  a  lood  koock  that  ehook  the  dow  ^ 
startled  them  ail. 
^    The  amoiger  was  hère  I 

Philip  Bwrstone  tarned  «od  looked  at  Magdalen.  Sbe 
had  arisen  ixbm  her  fleat^  wi|kBo.born»^«trttok,8oghaBtly 
alacet,  that  ail  ey«s  tanied  i»oq  he§.  In  tiuitinatant  he 
knev  that  hts  doom  was  aeued.  He  ael  hû  téeth  UJke  « 
battdof  and  biMctd  biBUMill  t»  »eei  «h«t  vas  to  èomeu 

3BT^Inqii«  urai  «taiËffing  «p^  Th^  vere  nôt  to  be  dit» 
•|MMnBÇa-^wœetbing|r^going  l 

Mr.  9^m  oloBed  bia  booik  A  aenrAnt  opcoed  tiie 
faMifte^oor,  (kttd  a  raai£  and  %oÉkCB  «Mme  in. 

<*  Am  I  too  laie  ?  '^  thtt^  jbeha  demanded,  in  a  hoaïM, 

bmthl^  wmfi  .  <'Is  ih'èil^gii  àf«  r* 

:  ^DfaeénrvatitBtaredaiM^lBlrlMSiL    Withost  iriutiag  fer 

tbtétw,  the  iaaa  pQ«hed  hit^xny,  into  the  dUMrJhc^ 

'^'-  The  lyorniô^  |ilMiîd|«Mi|g  in  evon  ttmS, 

|h«  BuaNil -duÉfav    MS^^  Bantfeite  «nr 

|x|jë6tad«0ftog^i)l»eofirî}&»A^^      ~^ 

■t€TO?|.    « Has thif mutiafé^M»» pJpSa?»    ^^ ^ 

Ba  rtCdda  in  and  ad^eMtd^the  ^ibtgymaiiu  *  Brid»  and 

blfidesm^d»  dtfUac  aw«i^*  tôt  fotgoi  tt»  aeiMk  ao  JMtgiiB 
wàB  j^jwe»^^  *rhé  éleiîowaai  — «--ï-^^^s^-^^-^^^^t^ 

«  'ybft  nwrt**f'g*^  haajil^^lÉdhM 

"  À  inan  vboni  Philip  Barstame  bas  wtiSSSBëmimà 
téfêniiml    Amwii^eoinettoanmge^^^ 
«hedéadi    A  nian  who  oonMa  ta  loHÎii^dà  iMSIlH^     - 

"A  Madman,  vho  ongfaft  to  b6  in  »  stiiâl^Dwi'^ 
PluIlpBantaathn>kein,wiihaaMW.    "TJM'Wiili^- 


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ihe  fall,  I  botiefe  I  J  never  sair  tfais  IumUo  ÎMif àé«  in  my 

.. ,  The  spr»^  liQ0  of  deatb  la^f  on  hihi»^  bat  tfae  mviigo 
biood  withinHim  wu  i^i&g  to  meet  wd  liraTe  t}i«  |Uniger 
he  oôald  not  dscape.  .    n 

**  You  lie,  Pïiïhp  ^^anrtime,  «Qd  y»tt  Irarow  it  l?*  bis  *<i* 
cusétcrîed,  danntîeMlT.  "|  charge  yonwithmiurdel'àftd 
bigamy^-ror  attein|)tea  bigamyl/  Philip'  Bà^tph^is  a 
Inarliii^inalv]*^  ^ 

Ther^wat^  gaspinr  ory  from  Fanny,  Qeorge  sirode 
forvard  and  colî£roiitea  th«  introder, 

**  How  darê  yoa  force  yoar  way  here^  sir,  and  iraise  this 
scand^otta  Bcene  ?  Whaji  jou  aay  is  fàtae»  Philiii  ÎBar- 
atoneriB  a  single  man^-a  wiaower,  ityou  lilce,  bat  a  Bingle 
man." 

"  What  I  aay  ia  trajet"  WîlUe  «àawered,  aaflinofain^ 
"  He  ia  no  wioowsr,  tod  no  «iagle  miin.    I  caa  prô?»  iay 
worda.    Mr».  Philip  Baratooe,  corné  heire  !  ^     „ 
.      Ail  eyea  tained'  to  the  â«ox  ;  a  death-like  silenoê  fell. 
And^owly,  «s  if  evoked  frèiri^egra^e,  à  womafiap^efiired 
npoa  thè  threB^<M«;?9  pale,  jOender  wornàn,  «dteOed  in 
Maoky  wiài  lotiie,  dîirlc  hair,  and  large,  wild,  black  eye». 
Slowly  ahe  i^iieared.  and  «tood  theré  stook  etiUi  thow 
great,  dark  ejm  tttr&mg  laU  opon  Philip  Barstone, 
.  A  ory  l»oke  tàe  stainiai-^  man'fl  ory~a  dreadfal,  «ob-- 
bing  «oand  of  nn^eakabld  horro^^-and  Philip  Baratone 
atâggeiéd  baok,  ttiwchléÉB,  îitid,  torror-struok. 

'^ïid<*  àthim:!"  WiUif  Allward  oriod,  pdaâng  fo  tho 
ghasUy  wr^h.'  «'XiObk  at  faina^  ail  of  yori,  and  éee 
whether  I  spâkk  the  trnth  I  Thla  womi^  is  his  wife-~bis 
wife  whoiBj  ^ixywtaago*  Keteietf  tQ^ 
tu  thir  iion^Bttt.^e  thoopt  J^i«d  m^i^^redU^irbom  ho 
beliered  dead  and  in  her  grave  'Ij  Thia  foiniui  »  Oai^inâ 
Bamt^e,  his  labial,  weddfd  fife^^'ea^^  i^nd  iriliing  to 
çrove  n»y  worda.  And  I  Êoat^'  *-*—  *  "^  -  *^  * 
SMitioide^f  the  mardét  ol  h 

There  iras  a  'seocmâ  ory~ 

forvard  opon  his  mOTCfless  «ocoiiéir.  Bnt  qnioker  than 
thought  Willie  draw  a  j^tof  ùrom  hi»  pocket^  Itaaharp 
fdick  eohflSng'throagh  thé  room.  .,   . 

.  "f  esèeoted  something  lijce  this,  and  came  prepand. 
Stand  ôff,  yoa  murderer,  ^  111  ahoot  yoa  tike  a  dog  i  **    . 


hiio  of  the  «rime  of  in< 
owa  chUdi'^ 
^me  thé  foa^  of  a  wjld 

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WiHièJy  the  thrattt  wiUi  one  hand,  a&d  wîth  th?^W 
rtruggleiforihe  piatel  And  then/the  wild dbriekg  of  thî 
jomeû  nmg  thrwgh  the  |M)uge,  and  the  men  cloiwd  aronïd 
the  «ai^plmjjfoa^    And  «(h^  therewaaa  atmôïexdam  * 

Willw  8  nisp  ;  thea  a  loud  report»  a  second  maf  on%^d  a 

*tBearirita6MaII«  WiOiecried.  "^at  thtfpiBtoI  win#l , 
H>i!iiilu»oimliandI    Phmp  BarsUe' has  iStSaeS^^f ' 


«& 


OHAiPTEB  X3CHV. 

I,  he  li^  shot  hiuaelf  t  They  benl;  «bove  him  ai  h» 
d<Mo  by,  hieeyesBluit,  ahombL  «xpràiiS  of  «Sn/S^ 
^<SïJte?''  "'^•-    H*^«>P««^?«*y«»ndToSMS 

,  "J**«*ï*^  «P»  Oéofge-rm  done  for!    THat  ïeUoirliaa 
bad  bis  vengoanoe— onm  Mm  I  *»  *• 

.ni^.tr*ï!î*^  ^  <»oirdèd  aronnd,  itnnned.     Thé 

jor  spoki^-Magdaten  and  CaroKuè  ^mto^e.    Bten  S 
that  suprême  moment  Qtoo^e  looked  at  bur  mite,  màmw 
testandmg  where  shehad  aîood  trom  the  fiwt^pS,  cSl 
ngîd^  He  tnmed  away  aod  «tidaiméd  : 
"  Help  me  teke  Mm  to  bis  twom  ;  ^nd  Ht,  Haidînff.  jfor 


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^^^fiè  f«i«rl^ihej^td  and  th6  wàneii'j»  ms^iiM 
Kve  i«à^ed  bet^    ^She  mtiqt  hear  th«  troth,  thoDJ^ 
ri^adhee.  '  '''''  '^  ■ 

Bhe  vw  nttmg  iii  be^  anncbur,  glmsfclT  snd  «t^éiâg 
.,  «f«ry  uerv»  to  lirten.    Â«  briè^  «  poaaiWe^  her  nepheir 
;iold>rwhath1idhaptoeaed;  ,,    ^  , 

:  «^éttMW  tUe  wwind  i«  fatal,  er  even  ydry  «««011%  I  do 
iiot  yet  laûiw.  Ab  aoon'at  it  ta  possible  70a  sbaH  bè  tak^i 
to  bis  xoom.  lu  tbe  meaatime  I  will  send-Faimy  to  ;oti. 
PftorobndP'  -^  ~  ^         ^,^    ^    Vi. 

£^  tnrned  to  «>.    Hin  Barstone,  ashen  wuta  to  tbe 
lips,  laid  bpr  bandjapon  bis  af».  ^  .-  , 

"Aûd  Pbilip  is  tbe  Maurice  Langley  of  jour    wrfe's 

*^Sa  lï  wouJd  BCWn/'tGeorffo  anairered,  bitterly.  '       . 
«^And  sbe  bas  kaoïm  tbw.  «ad  plotted  for  tbi^  ail 

akuwr* 

**It  âppeare  80»    The  nuui  wbo  hM  cansed  it  allia  béf 

^tt^nUooked  vat'iiim-~«t  hit  iaœaet  Uk»  rtba^at 
hii  oûtndflii»  oottpE«eied.l^.  ; 

youoan.    SendFIfei^tomè.    XwiH^witÎMtfeaa 


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l«o«b>d«Qépa«li^<8u  %&iidii^^Miil^ill 


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ijbweam    HahadlovedWrooïwminawjiylewbHiSïM 

-toett/  hw  wife  had  doneit;'-  The»  wae  that  in  "    * 
Bàm^fie'B  fiioe  that  no  Imng.  being  bad  etet  àS 
bBfore,  ^  he  sfcrode  into  the  drowiôg-room  «ndw 

'-»  He  took  ail  in  at  one  glaiice.    Ôia  wifo  stood  «s  he  had 

1  ,  ^ât  **P*^  fy*  **^  "«^ever  altered  thein  fixed  blank 
look.  The  woi#in  who  ohMmed  tp  be  PhUi^wife  hS 
SQok  npon  a  ohaîr,  her  face  ffidden  in  her  &!  cl^S^ 

«Dte  teaw^ad  been  her  portioa  ainoe  fii«t  she  had  «w»    <» 
?i?  '*ÎL^.^^^^  Barstonefialpei  bandwaî^jSwe  %S  V 

^te4  huddled  tQgethex  in  «  gtrangè.  4i«tor^at£ta£r  a^ 
wctij  and  hfted  hw  up  like  a  chiîd.         ^^      "  ' 

h^t:^onc:-  ^^  '"^  ^""'  ^"e^y-    ^  «P  *«  ^«^ 

thority  Uke  a  Irightened  .dxild.    MyZS^J^kU^ 
and  rôpke,  piteoosly;  wi»  w»*o«,«p 

"Oh,  George I  KiUi he4ie ?» 

«ne  blind  andd^mb» 

jseea*.  Jifft]RB«:tiCMttùB^t0 perdit. ?''- 

± W«'  'w>iù>  W  boAom. 

A. ,-  ,*  1         ji  j^  ^^*8iàéMfetinoii4É«à4rir?^ 
"  He  ttoagfct  I  died  àwM,  dr,  bot  ii  wi  i 


aoo 


MA(mAi^îas^  vow. 


SQ  aee.    I  oan  tell  joo  liow  it  was,  if  yon  wfll  lîstoi^to 
Brtory.*»         ~^-     ■ 

'a  «m  h«re  to  Ibton.    Qoàn.** 

She  begsiL.    And  told  him  ail.     Her  detertion-^llie 
épitdde  ofLum  Allward,  whtch  had  goaded  kejr,to  des- 
peratioQ— Philip'B  midnight  visit,  madî^iied  with  drinl^ 
^nà  itB  tragioal  Cerininatioo— the>mi8fe«ke  at  tbe  hoBpitai' 
— the  deat^  ot  her  «hild. ,        ^  /      -!  ' 

"  Then  yonr  obild— hù  ohild— waareiOly  kiUed»  amd  hf 
him?** 

HettrombUng  lipajmsirered  : 

«Yea."  1 

«Thaib  wUl  di»,    I  »m  «otfvinœdyou  ara  ïite  wif e/ and- 
wronged  béyond  ail  earthly  réparation.    Miigdalen'*~-^ba 
turned  npon  her  abmpUyiikd  wîthoat  any  change  of  toiie. 
**  How  long  bave  yon  It^otrn  «Il  this  ?" 

Sbe  stroTe  to  apeak  ;  the  wwds  died  away  npôn  her 
lîpa.  "Winie  oame  a  ttep  forwardand  tried  to  anawo^i  for 
lier.  Oeôrge  dlanoed  him  with  an  imperiooawliveoi  hia 
hand.  '  ^'     ' ,   \,    '  > 

**  Not  B  Word,  air,  from  jou  j  let  yonr  aister  apeak  for 
herself  ;  she  la  qnite  capaSle  of  It.  Anawer  n^«  i|  yon 
pleaee.  Yoq  bave  known  tbia  ercr  ainoe  oftr  wedding  trip 
to  New  York?" 

"îfo."  „      . 

«Nof  Ahî  I  aeet  ^Yon  titioaght  I  wte  Mann» 
lisngley,  in.New  York;  yon  di^overed  yonr  miatakeon 
the  nighfe  of  HijMi  Ooldbam*a  party  f** 

She  Ix^wed  her  head, 

**  And'  ever  ainoe  that.nighi  yon  hare  known  àll  1^ia~^ 
ihat  Philip  waa  a  married  man  and  the  mnrderer  of  hia 
<»wnchild?*' 

t€  J  imye.** 

**  And  knowing  tbia,  yon  àided  Fanny  to  prépare  for 

her  tnarriage  t" 

.  There  waji  no  réply.  :  \ 

**  Yon  plotted  vith  yonr  brother  and  thia  woman  to  bnng 

^ào^-^^àrUi0-tepoai^^.te-n%ht>    Yon «ojrkedri& 

the  darfc^Vyoû  let  thinga  go  on  to  the  Tery  laat  minute  ;  yon 

deliborately  deceiyed  na  ûl-^1  ;  yon  had  neithef  womanlf 

•  -i  for  Fanny,  not  wifdy  reapect  f or  me.    Maff- 

_        jtone,  I  bave  been  deoeived  in  yon  aâ,  I  thinl^ 

^310  iînng  man  ever  waà  deceived  la  »  wifè  befôNb    & 


#1 


AYSKGlsa 


ÎT  j-     XI         v-^ «pafk  of  womanlv  pjtir 
Iwlalen,  God  may  forjnVe  tou—I  neT«r  min  I  "      '  ' 
T»«?tïï?!S*T]^^i"P*^*^  '«'•    'Sha  never  mov^  Iroitt 

A^n  WiUie  tned  togpeak  ;  agaio  th^huBbandpreveate^ 

*«J'*^î*t  ^î^*  «Mor  ker  ;  I  am  h«r  hwta^à  ;  it  it  fol 

.  me  to  judge  her.    For  you,  yoor  plot  has  ended  as  train. 

S!^^!ï!  '»«l^n«n«^>««lMt  you  and  your  accomplie 

21"     ®ïi:    P®i°^*^  who  bas  wrongedyoa  is  dying  np- 

ÊZ'  * I?  Si  A^  ■*  ^^P^y  di8g,*ce/at  ovon  yof  eau 

îîi.iTî  /?*'"{.  ■^'^'  ^**«»^*^  ^<»">«^  ^oold  hâve  booQ 
proiided  «or,  and  Ihd  man  who  waa  once  hw  hn^band 
wpald  baTO  been  bamshed  from  this  honse  foreton  II» 
jnfe  would  bare  been  liearer  and  dearer  tô  ro0>tben  tbaë 
befow,  forthe  wionga  she  had  ofthitod  at  bis  héS^ 
Bot  aiiQb  A  venffeançe  arijhat  wonld  be  poor  and  tamo  to 
you  ;  nothing  femi  tban  a  young  g«r«  Iifelonff  mmrr  à 

wMiMaatttfyyou.    l$îwo  i» the doorf  leaw  Ibis  boiiÉè!> 

î^.!?**i^tH¥^ '»»»*>'«•    »Fk«ipBatîtoneW. 
I  need  not  tetl  voa^do  yoor  wowfe    Ton  will  do  it.  m 
^d^be  wiffiwTo  j^MBod  bey<«id  eron  yoîir  rar^ikgo. 

v^*^*  open  the  dootr  iritb  ibe  last  woid.    TTha  tii»rt 

ll&fi  •  ibtijtkuiff  flgaro.    "Brittgbernp.'' 

wifa |lghi»d  at  tb«  nfoffk  irith  ittdawaribalJïé  -'-"^^^^ 

«aid.witb»«ob.    "iMibiaWilè.*  ^ 

His  faoo  «oftened  for  tba  fiiit  tima  ■p.be  I 
Tbia  waa  womanbobd— 'bearing  aU  tliâiiA^' 
wd  loT^ig  to  tho  «Dd  I    WilSont  «o^oé 


ilMf 


oiàtf  ^WQ,  he  iook  fa«r  hcnd  «nd  kdliflr  vpto  t^ 

WiUie  weni  otôt  aad  tdpk  M»gd<Ue«  by  tl»  wtti.  ^^ 

«  W»ka  ap,  lfaMtd»l6tt,'the  aaid,  iinjmtientiy»jret  wtthj . 
toaôfa  <rf  pifcy  in  b^  toiie,  "  and  cùme  witHiM.    H©  doesat 
wantyott— «•tt'fcyouaeetitàt  ?T        -  > 

She  loofeed  at  him— pwaing  Her  band  •ofOM  her  bjèw. 

'<  H6  doe6a*t  want  me,*'  ah©  Vepeartod.  .  **  Yéa,  take  mê 

^    "OoandpntaahiMrUn,  thfin»    Ob,.  liow  W  ona,  aftd  • 
P^at."    Hè  wrapped,  the  ghawl  àbont  he^  pue  ttie  hat  on 
^  her  head.    He  biid  ^pîad;thém  in  the  bail    "  Cotoe  wifcli 
I  to  Mttlford  ;.yoa  oan  atop  m  Oarollne'a  room,  and  to- 


me 


•*  Home  1»  MMdalen  eaid,  in  a  voioe  whoaepathoewent 
ta  WUlie'a  heari.  *'  ^onae  I  **  the  orosséa  tbe  toa^old 
Hà  ahe  8poko,4ookiiig  baofc  •■  ]S*«  ièig>t  ^éfé  look«^JJer 
]«it  ou^Ëden.  "And  an  honr  a|^  thia  ,w«8  b«iii«.|^  vn, 
myOoàîifhatbaTôrdoneP"       .  ^  ^,  _,  ..    l    „^ 

%hô  pioroing  égM^  of  that  liPjvfngbtewd  l^ua.  H« 
dî^téirfyi1«ôk«dfc;^toJi^chUl,,w»nJi^ 

"  Dooa  your  àioy,  tj^jung  àâoret  ^  Don'i  mafc*  ^JiaifK 
iag  abmii  U  ;  iow  fe  ^Mi)^'* 


Jb  caikà  me  n  *^|wlr*    ?^*»4  I  ^iï^IÎ» 
Ikeart.  «nd  «b»  Wfllie,  ii  îrf  |MMH-it  ^  tnwt  Phihp  Ba». 


■»^ 


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.^^. 


il? 

•'"^'|^i•*^'^ff|K^rC;^'■#'fe"^■'^ '■'•■- 

-ip*'^ 

,:%i%'i- 

.;•'^^^■î^%r'^ 

^*S5^B^4*5r^fel 

tHANY0U4M."    aOd 


IL 


IaM  Ifllt^  lier»  la  thé  middle  of  tfae  flo<^    Sadden^  tbai 
iqpffke  in  à  hnahèd  whiaper  : 

'  ""1*1?*^  "**^ '^^^  y®^    Iii6¥erw$tt,    InjBTdrwilL 
8he  repeatad  Ueorge's  words^snd,  withonttforyio  n 
lai&,  f e^  8Qn«0leM  onr  the  âoor. 


w«m 


i»ji! 


Vî^a^ 


„J.içi^S 


':'^-S 


CHAPTBB  XXXV.       *> 

•     *'  I  Ax  â.  Êsairm  Vilbb  ïha»  %oir  aï^» 

Gbobob  led  OaroliB^  tip  to  bûeottfin*!  tqom.  The  !am^ 
b*rned  dim— the  dootat'And  ctàrgynMtfi  itUllatood  near; 
Théjr  dmw  baok  iafc  the  outrance  ol  the  wifo,  lojking  at  her 
curidnsîy.  She  was  a  hçroiue  of  aromattee,  a  j^eaThefoine» 
•iid  romanoe  ot  auy  kind  wa?  thexaftet  of  nur«  ocourrenee» 
jû  their  prosaio  litefc  The  wonnded  man  îay  rery  atill, 
breathiog  ial^ioTMiy,  IM  dark  eyâa  wide  <n)ei|  imd  flxed 
^n  th«  wirfït  Jïinip^  ÇMîifte  txembled  li^head  to 
toot  àf  %N^mg  to  G«»rgB'«  am. .  ^ 

,  «O^i^r'lhewii^p^^'Kî^ieiwtaàgrywithyW* 
\  Shf  df^]»ed  ott  her  }s3im^  the  twdàt^  wiSb  a  «tSi 
iobaàd  iiiaed  th«  hand  Jyjin»  helplé»  tfaere.  H^  hlad 
UMd  her  .^tttaJ^*^i|^^g^|5»t,>nj^-:^  had  trïed  to 

?»w  InrglIèBu  /la  tbati 
ii^^>-thé .  Icfver  mb». 


uraniir;  i^  h«d  beea 


ai  if  Oie 
4  long, 


0iff^éI»Jiet«id;  "and  I  mifl, 

^>  tnine  ;  oh,  Maorice  I  not  miit«  1    I  ' 

,  .^.rt  %â«K)red  yoa  then,  and  a|tet^Jt<>-I  « 

m  fier  ?^  Wr  Hë  tnriied  âoè^lin 
|Mt^^  Mikone  h»*aa  «»r  " 


'liiîv 


JPP* 


MAaDâi^srs  Yùyr. 


**  l><m*fc  kndel  tHerâ  1  "  be  «ftid.'  roaghij  :  <«  don'tlciiéel 
io  me  t    Sit  do«rn  ;  I  Want  to  hear  the  whoie  (rtùiy." 

She  gàt  down  beiide  hiniji^and  in  broken  aooents  ^M 
bèr  pitifnl  tal«/  H9  liatenêd,  frowning  hanblj»  witk 
neniftl  and  physicajl  paini.  .  ., 

"  Yon  knoir  I  thoagbt  yon"  d«i|^  ?    Whmi  70a  beard  t  * 
vas  aboat  to  marry  againi  wby  did  tou  not  oome  fprward 
atonw?    miydidyoawaittillto-fiîght?'* 

'*  It  was  ikH  «i  I  wisbed.    I  bad  i>romi«0â  «o  obey  <Wlllid 
Lîlward,  and  I  kept  niy  word.    He  waa  Téi-y  good  to  m% 
faarice,  wben  I  needad  a  friend,  and  I  aevor  dreamed  gf 
tbisi*     .  V    -    ' 

"0on^4^me  bytbat  naine  t"  Pbilipk  Barstone  aaid* 
almoat  qjktagely.    "  Whero  ia  yonpg  AH vard  nbw  P  ** 
"  Down-8tairs  witb  hia  «iater/* 

There wé» a panae.  ^  Eté lay^âtill  witb  tbat beavy frowa 
on  bis  iaoe»  stiu  brmtbing  pa|nf nlly; 

'*  See  bere,  Caroline/'  bfiNiifl»  «fter  tbat  paose^  "  I 

klnow  Fvegot.my  deatb't^wfim — tbent,  bold  your,  tongnft 

— ^yoa  ougbt  to  be  thanMol,  atid  a;re/no  doabt,  biît  if  you 

oan  do  %  l  irant  yon  to  stay  heve  ta  the  laat.    S*m  j^ad 

yon're  alive^I  ani,  I  stêiM^^bougb  it  bas  oostmemy 

.   life.    rvebeen  thégi^^atsÉiWQlidreloneartbtçyoti, and 

I  don't  aak  yon  to  loiviTe  me,  miild-- tbat's  impossible  ; 

bat  I  wisb  yôa  wonld  stay*'  <It*s  a  sort  of  oovifort  to 

me  to  see  yonlr  face.    For  tne  sake  of  the  old  times,  long 

{*àJ?€<»i  before  I  brongbt  Jfou  to  Kelr  York,  and  wW  iifa*irera. 

'^opdofoneA^otlier,  ^wittaftl|y-tia.«ilià«rer.«     / 

Her  stified  sobs  intemytot^  ?y% .  H»  k  '    "    '  * 

iritb  real  tinxiety  in  fais  IpiMb    ||h«^«^ight 

coTer«d  it  witb  team-séd  ki|pt«  \"    ^ 

*«^tsir  witb  yoù  ?    Ob,  niy  4«r)ing, 
4Bâ  1 4o  for^^'yon  t    Totr  Wé««  «ad  i^0mw^"^  ^ 
^  led  yoQ  to  it,  and  you  did  nbt  kiiow'  wbikt  yôa  »«r« 
Ob,  my  bnsband^  1 4o  for^rè  yoti  t    I  Ioto  ftHL 
riT*yott  #itb^ftii?y  beart  I**^ 

'^"^itesforeWii  st<*iily,  anthoritatHeely. 
^'^âe>%b<rsaidir='--'^lFwt-  9t{H|t'.^ieB^poi 
yoï^  most  teare  tfie  room  I^ 
l  nif||leoked  npatbim  witb  spmatfaing 
a  snm«.    Ho  took  Oîaroline's  bmd  for  to» 
Imè.  •  - 

"bile  i«  my  wife»  dootor,*'  beaiiâ;  "»  ntan's  wilète 


h^^. 


^' 


••I  Al^A  snrKBiB  vmm tb*k  toji  A14**  «01 

_     tootytk  lililtt  wbvii  h^rlratlNmd  k  f^inf  ont  -ol 

rid.    Sbé  «ImH  orj  m  inoch  as  iti»  ptoaset,  Itnd  f 

,T«  herMatont  oltIi«  room.    It  do«8n'fc  di^tarb 

2/  "T^tra  lallK  «gftoafr  deal  more  than  la  good  for  von  li^ 
rowled  the  phvMoiaii.     "If  yonr  wife  bas  any  inflneooa 
ot«iryoii:I  with  she  ^uld  exeroiae  it  to  mak<»yoa  h^îl 
fyburiongael^  \ 

r  .  8h6  oanM  dose  toliip»;  she  laid  ber  hàud  soiftlj  on  liia 
forèhead.  Inftaite  UyTo,inflnito  ffitr^Teneàs»^a4«  bar  ir<mi 
faoe  ilmost  angaNo  ia  it«  ligbt  at  tbat  iàomei»r  Whiïm 
looked  at  lier  in  a  sort  of  wondéir— ai  ber  brigtttest,  in  ùm 
days  of  hair  happy  ébildhood,  ihe  bad  aever  seanad  m 
beantif  ni  as  now.     ,.  '  ^  '^      . 

..:"Don*t  talk,  Manrioe,*'  sbe  said,  sof tly  ;  "o!^^  heà 
yt>ar  pt^rdon»  I  mean  Pbilip.  Um^  if  yon  can.  twiU 
Hfoyer  leave  yon  agaiii — ^naver." 

^Be  proised  ber  banda  Mntly,  oloàed  bia  ejes  maà  lar 
itill  ;  then  sof tW  oallad  '* Çt^jge  !"  '  . 

Oeorge»  ^ndittg  gloomily  apart,  vitb  folded  arma  anC 
cdmpfesaed  lipsi  adranced  and  stood  besida  bStn. 
"Wbore'syonrwlfaf"      „. 
'^Bown-staire  in  tbe  drawh^ifiToom.'*     .     - 
*f  pon't  be  too  hard  on  ber,  George.    It'a  ail  tme  and 
dia's  serred  me  ri^bt.    I  don't  set  up  for  aûûnVnoîrthat 
rm  done  for/foxgiving  ef&rybody  and  ail  tbÀt  bosb  ;  but 
aba'À.jiisi  dpne  1^  nia  aa  ahe  oaRbt— m  I  Wonid  do  in  ber 
placMï.    She's  got  tbe  beiter  oi  i[p^  and.abe^.ndt  to  ba 
otasBèd*    It  l  conld  l)|tire  ti^n  b<nr  ]ife  yeaierday  witbout 
Hiirof  deteotiotr  Td  bataâon*  it— Iwonld,  by  Jupiter  t 
^ï,.Mi  Sàvk  \t'û  ait  fair,  Qeocg^  and  yon  mnat  not  béJbaiod 
«là  Jier  ifh^n  Vtà  ig^Çlk.    I  bamberfrom  Uia<flrst»  beeaaàn 
i fi»red bar.  F|rea<m& irita fraoring noir»  and batipg.  toio. 
It*a ail  «ver. .  iPetob  ber  bare,  if  yen  like,  and  IfïïU&im\ 


"^bank  yon,  Phil,"  Qeorge  said,  oold!y.     **Tâ  t«UM(, 
Hoi  fat|»h  bear  bere  jnat  at  optaient.  .  I  eappoae  j^e.J^if. 


— i  Mgtîly  là  yott  wy  10,  — -,  — -g,^ — ,.w^^-r-„^^ 
m  tbe  flttorof  I  otay  leamrto  f orgire  b^,  in  a  éôit  df  wi^|V 
bnttbat  time  is  not  yet.  I  wilfgo  to  W,  howeTér««iQ[ 
fiiryixD-^on't  excite  yonndlf  ;  trr  iojdeep."  ;  '    ; 

'^Try  to  Bleep/'  Garollne  sigbed,  like  a  soft  w^i**- 
(0  sleep." 


TFTï 


\ 


foi 


p»0d«tMM»Bto»ton«'8dooranawentm.    AuntLydîg 

f  «8  he  Ud  l«^  hei»,  witii  Piiimj,  kl  her  tridaltlMw  «3 

veil  and  Oronge  bloeaoé»,  8obbin|»t  her  feet-HWbbiiÀaiid 

"Anynew^OeOTg«?»lii|ia^ntasked.'  «HowîsPhttP 
May  l||otommP''         ' 

*iFi^  *î  Bo  woPM,  and  I  thlhk  tt  wonl^  be  as  wâll  aot  to 
Fi?.K  S  *^°S[è*-  He  haan't  ask^d  ïor^n.  and  hia  wile 
H?  with  him.  Thej  ara  wooncUéd,  and  ahe  ia  to  stay  with 
niDi..ta  tb^^aafe  l '^  .  ' 

yiiTmji^^  ont  inte  lottd,  hyeterical  weepinÀ    m» 

7  ?r  ??^*%"*^^*^>.  ^°»  î  *^*»  *0  ?t»J  WitblS^tO  ihfl 

"*^  ^:JLi*^i"®  nokmdeBt  eut  of  ail  1    Sbe  waa  exeluded  ; 
aobo^:a[an|^  of  W  ft  waiited  her.    Sbe  vaa  a  imW 

1%    •  Tr**"^  JÏ^i'^?***°*  mî»«^«"«^  for  or  pitiad. 

*a  WMb  ï  waa  daaf  I  *  Fanny  |gm  irildly.  "ï  wiafc^ 
I  TO^dead  Mfcà  bar>«d  !  Ob  I  ▼h^îïem'  à>m  ?  !  OlU 
what  hare  r^rerdione  that  I  tbonld  be  treatad  like  thit? 
Ob  f-dear  ni{»I''  ,  >        - 

Th^hysterw  gwrifl|Éta|.  Bbe  lumped  «p.  tiwsbba 
^08»  a  aoreeoji,  Sh^^Hfe^watîi  fropi  heriiaa^  a»d 
tratnpled  it  undor  her  'mmm  tell  inlb  Geo»re'a  némslti 
tbe  moBt  frantîo.by»tw<OB.       L        ..  '^«"w 

Thft  servant»  wei^d  aiiin|Mmeâ;  ^#llitor  was  ^^Siitmà 
Georife  made  Wg^^pe.  Tbia  «iilb  dapttmdeâlttf  tba 
mwmg-Tmm.  He  bafrdlt  fcstlr!l|rl|il:ll«:iuiittit  to  ût  i» 
Magdaten-hofc  tor^rPUt,:^^  fj^^  ^—  ^ 
bevwther.  Ûe  wonM  t^#]|#:i#her  ïôo|« 
and  desife  her  tè  remam  tbere  l^tihe^reeen 
bitterly  as  be  tbonght  of  hey .af»|h«»t,Tii. 

The  drawing^ioom  iras  eai^t  1^  wif<twlt|  gc 

He  lodcèd  aronnd  bewild^ed;  lie  sèarc&ef  t^  suaH 
inner  fwa,  tfae  dining-room—in  tsain.*  fieV^ntmto 
berown  roomsi  they^  too,  were  desertiad.  Asheatood. 
not-*iiiw«ig  where  te  look^aeit,  Snaie,  the  hoosêiÉ^ 
~-8ing  frotti  Anat  Lyâia'b  room,  addressed  bim  n^iZ 

l^jonxptofàm,  sir  ;  are  yon  looking  for  ICrs,  Bttr» 


\fmH 


^*|gM.    WfaereisaheP» 

**  I  don't  kftew,  sir  ;  she  has  left  tb»  hoàaa^** 

'^^ttbebooiel'', 


«I AM  A  SIïrrBB  Vlïi^ft  TBAXt  TOU  Alili.»    80? 


•«<«' 


'Tes,  sir  ;  with  tbat  strafiga  yonBg  œati.  .  I  aaw  hér  go 
éwav  with  him  fiye  minutes  afiier  yen  came  apHBtairs  with% 
thè  lady.    I  heard  hÎBi  tell  her  to  come,  and  sfae  put  on  tf* 
ébawl  and  hat  and  went.** 

"ïhank  you,  Susan  ;  that  wîU  do.*' 

He  spoke  qaietly.  He  rethmed  to  the  bedroom  and  aA 
down.  Sbe.badde8erttkd  him,  tben,  and  go&e  away  vith 
her  brother — tbe  brother  wBom  slie  loved  far  mort  tban 
fihe  hftd  eyer  loved  thé  hnaband*  Aftêr  ail,  perbapsU 
jwaè  as  well.  H~er*positvt>n  in  tho  house,  jnst  noiS^  wonld 
be  little  short  of  daily  torture,  ne  lelt  bimUéff  thftt  l^e 
conld  bardly  bear  to  sce  her  at  présent.  She  wonld  prob- 
ably  stav  at  hei^  lnpotber*8  Ipâgmgs  tonljg^ht,  and  to-mor* 
rov  go  back  to  her  conntry  home.  Better  s^^yes,  better 
Bo.  In  a  few  weeks,  vhen  tUl  had  ended  c^eirajorother, 
he  wçald  follow  and  reolaitn  her  and  forgke  her,  if  he 
conld.       .  '  ,  ,."  t 

Moming  ^me.  Aj^other  jubilant  April  dar.  Thesim 
shinittg,  tbe  birds  siti^g.  Thero  was  little  change  in  the 
f4ck  man — some  riging  fever,  no  josore.  George  took  a  cap 
.  oî  eoffee  and  went  to  lfiUforâj|nd  Mrs/^réeman'a  boar^ 
ittg-hoase.  There  was  a  mtlff^É^sam  ^ere^from  Wiliieb 
It  raa  : 


s.'-r«« 


Mr.  George  Bamtone  ><-. 

Sir^— I  hare  takeii  H^di^en  home-^onr  bouse  is  zto 
^Isca  for  her  now.  I  will  be  back  in  HiUf<»d  to-morrow 
aight  in  case  I  shonld  be  needed.    Yonrs,  to  cOmmaiid, 

WlIJiIAM  Allwasd. 

The  dar  passed — ^the  fetMr  had  inôreasédi~-PbiIip  wai 
growing  delmous.  With  tbe  evetiing  came  Dootor  Maa- 
terson — before  inidnight  the  bail  #1»  ëxtraoted.  Bat  the 
fevfl/  was  ttéiiâily  ihcreasing — the  TÎtal  pbwer  to  rally 
aeemèd  Isckitig. ,  Before  moming  he  i^as  raTiog  {ncoher- 
eè^—rwith  thé  day  ^seefiMfd  to  msk^^t^  ié^^q|îiW  vt 
mets  elfort-rby  night  he  was  at  tbe  lowest. 

Tboagh  ail  the  faftbftil  wile  Si£t  «t  hér  post,  heedlees  (A 
aleepîng,  of  eatiug»  of  ail  earthly4hittg»1mithe  mftB  whoM 
^na  àùé  olasp^C  wba9»  damp  brow  she  bathed,  irhof« 
wild  words  jihe  list«Etied  ib.  /    '' 

Sthe  had  tbe   reward    most  men  gir*  nlost  WQBMaiir< 


m 


UAQtBAÎJÊS(*8  VOW. 


•/ , 


liBtened-U  was  W"riviï~oT  Uahi  Allward;'d5ad  ^d 

^  ]î?^^"®  "***'^  «***>  *o  *l^*  patient  hSirt,  bot  it 
The  f ever  lef t  him  as  niçht  fidl.     He  opéned  his  eye^ 

e^ee  ind  VWl    '  "''"        **"         ««ce' «gain,  .oloa^  his 

and  famter  ife;«anie-lower  and  Ipwer  sank  the  pnlue-Sa 
hardly  Memed  te^teeatbe.  Dèotor  M^erson  «t  o^hî 
^th«  Bide  of  the  b^,  holding  hi.  wrigt,  gaainga^fegtiy 

cnrtain8--the  broad,  whitemoiûid^  ahone  in     VknnZ 

in:^Lt'  îr'  ^'  '^'  «#!«  Sei!*  irS 
moeséantly.  Min  Barstone  «af  at  ^e  haad  :  GeJrwSoS 
behind  her  ohairj  the  Bey.  Hr.  Harding  «d  SchÏÏ 
^I^P^*!*»  •'^  together  afc  a  îittle  diâtanS.  ' 

The  honn  wore  on.    Did  he  aleep  ?    No  siim  of  lif« 

tW«lTei  by  the  dœtort  watoh,  wheii  he  sndâdnlr  ooened 

«.«i?  ?**?? *<î:^*«f^'» >«ï^î  he  repeated ;  'Mt  is part 
xnidmghi— 4on't  go  to-night.''  »      v  »  ^«m» 

f^-SP*  ïîî*'*  u^yS^^  "f^.  ^»»  ahudder  from  bead  te 
foot.  Then  he  lay  «tin.  Aeleepagainf  Botftor  iSgtei^ 
«mbentoyerhim,hi.eartohiain;ttUu    HewSSSl 


V  »-t#i 


voMKsmm. 


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OHAPI'BB  XXXVL 


VOBQIVBljr. 


■ji-J-    .,ffi£y^ 


[VBfil  Râàipni  8at  WL.the  front  doorstep  of  tbo  solitarr 
gt&gô  neatïedN^mpng  the  Ke^  Hampahire  hills.    Thi 
Ma?  à^moon  ifH^  warm  and  stilWTery  atill  in  t>at  «reen. 
Wolttde^Bpot,  remdtie  from  erery  o%ôr  habitation. 
^^£mj«w  distant  Mountain  peaks  a  goldei>  gray  «ky 

nnder  th«  opçn  windowr.and  flniteied  fk|flHm-<ipQ8liii 
cnrtaina.  In  t^o  little  grasa-grown  garàéSEwini  raoed, 
with  the  honM-doff  at  her  heela,  her  liglf  hair  flowing 
loMôr-hor  childiBh.  lançh  jpealîng  ont  sveei^lnd  morry. 

^hel  8  aewmg  lay  m  her  îap  ;  it  had  *ilîen  there,  un- 
h^ed,  as  she  sat  and  thought.  ^^ighbor  from  th» 
pliage,  passmg  along  and  ^ausing  ^  the  gâte,  aroused. 

f*  Muoh  the  nAïti^mfi^'mm.    Won»t  you  oome  in  ?  " 
**  No.    I»  she  ont  of  her  ibind  atill  ?  *'  *3 

^^"  Out  of  her  mînd  »nd  talking  abont  ererything  nnder 
the  snn.    Lan»,  çhlid,  lêaa  noia»— remember  anntie  is 

.  The  netefcboiLpaaged  on— -the  ohild  anbdned  her  gleefnl 
langh.  Five  mmntea  later  and  Kachel,  ab^t  to  riae  ^and 
jelnrn  to  the  honaè^Jaw  a  ttian-*  atrAngôr— haatily  an- 
proaohing  the  hou8e>  One  glanée  waa  enongh:  it  w 
Maffdalen'a  hnaband. 

She*rfjptia.tod.waited.  He  owne  on,  opèned  the littl» 
white  gâte  and  ttew  near.  He  waa  very  «ile  »nâ  oÉr»- 
wom  and  dreaaed  in  moarning. 

4éw^  ^^~  ^^^^"^  ^    *'^  ain  George Ba»> 


;v^ y- 


Baohel  alowlr  aroae. 

1  K^^^^  wîfehaa  been  hère  two  week»,    It  in  nthet 
m  the  day  to  oome  for  hér  noir." 
Hegrewaahen  whîte~«he aâ^ hia lîng^rimble. 


i?a 


'^ 


ï^' 


\     bim'.  blo';.     '■'^•■^  «*»(W««d  «  if  d..  tri  rtracfc 

«Jna.»      "•  "•';^  Wtre>r.lmng  er  dynrg,  ^  j.  •UB 
^  TO?  with  t^  look  forgaye  him  «IL    Be  4»ad1[o3 


tbere  tojd   her   tha<^ 
arm  with  a  woman'fl  ^'^ 


laid   lt«r  hand  «pou 
log  instinot—to  oora- 


I  tiitf^,** -     -    .--    - 


.m 


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S0WSÈWl^ 


i(£k 


/•'ÀM  imjuù^niaik^  to  MiBtford  and  aérer  iold 
4Be.  '  I«8ked mm  if  he  bad  leffe  her  safe  and  weU.  andhe 
lauwered '«es.***' 

Hé  «ank  in  a  ehftir  by  the-bedside  and  oevered  hia  e?ea 

wiik  his  handa.  .  ,  's 

"Bag  the  doctor  beeit  h«re  to-dav  ?"  he  aaked.  tâkoÉ  a 

^^e  was  hère  thia  moming."  ^^^f#: 

^'  And  wbat  doe»  &e  isay  ?  »^ 
'^  That  thie  sleep  will,  in  aU  probabaitr,  U  het  aaàttu 


f< 


r   tion^  if  the  tronÛe 
.  .  ânt  can  faft  remo 


yoo,'  and  that  will  be  done."  , 
lie  lield  ont  iiis  hand  tô  bfr. 


Ue  that  bas  wei^^bed  «n  ber  mindifQm  tha 
l?^-  ,  ^®*  ****®  only  toaay, /I  fonrite 


<f 


-te 


t^^--' 


«  ISsMifc  3«»tt,  Itachel,"  be  sa». 
beCQœé  ci  bel-  bni  ttur  yoa  P    Wbete/ia  bei 

|«r]Cudidiett«ab«rnmli»é^        And 
X»qif 00  Xdmglèy  k  deadand  bnried  P*»^ 

**  Détaxa  bnrie^**^ 

**  piA  m  he  die  repen^  T  M  «fty  femotté 

:.-;i'  w<*»  watenafl  ti»iiiiglMpjiié(llftl<ii    wij^fe  and  ber  \a  „.^ 
'  J^T^ô  forgaTOiaSi,  arad  ina  by  hts  aide  until  tbé  laal^' 

^r  1^  k  at  Qoldkt  WiUowe  afcilC  Sbe  will  aam  leavv  il  ■ 
-   tiow.*»       - 

*•  And  tbe poor yonnfl' lady,  m?** 

**  Fannv  haa  left  Millîord  ail»!  ffone  to  New  Ym*. 
f^iend   of   oure-^Mv.   BiofaiAfd  -Tompkiaa^ndiioed 
mihet  to  corne  a&d  fetch  her  for  à  long  tiatt.    Shf  t 
do  well  enougb.    Had  I  deemed»  «terao  mmtéûr,"^ 
dalen  waa  ill,  I  woald  bave  left  «TeMiing  ând 
beratonoe.*'  —, 

"I  beliere  yen,  air,"  old  Baebel  anairenid.    "  I 
deny  that   it  was    bard-f-yonr   eourâi'a   criiiMifr 
'   lipon  yon.     Yoor  marrièd  life  baa  not 
a  vert  bappy  one.    liagda«li'^  secret  and 
Tow  bave  atood  betweep  yon  and  bai   ' 
li^  ofor-now.  ^Whim-^ywt  ««  ^^pemq 
life  beghia,  therewill  be  notbitur  to. 
The  paat  wiil  be  «tonéd  for  ind  fc 


reootera. 


mst 


fi)ALBirs>bw: 


Jb.  Mt  n.  .«rp™.  a  SSiX  SLiAe  ™1tl"Si 
lïHerly  weak  eveQ  te  thinjk;  ^  ***** 


Afo^tg  n'r/^  »«  l^er  <«.n  WBtea  h«.d.,  and 

yott  re  not  stroBg  «n^gh.    "  «""«niWKyw, 

"Wbat  wasthe  matter?''  ^-^ 


.y 


FOBaiVENT. 


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TbÊ^^4omojpmeà  9omj,mAe  tbonght,  and  Qeovga 

Mme  nL    W«k  m  «he  was»  she  «tarted  ai*  <m  her  elbo^, 

jtaé  d«*,  lai^e  ©ye»  lookmg  uunatnrally  daitk  and  larm 

'  inadilated  now.;    She  graaped  hia  wriet  as  he  drew^near 

and  loekad  wîldly  up  in  his  face. 

"  Ybu  said  you  Wonld  neyer  fo^give  me  T  "  she  exclaimed, 
«  and  yet  vm  are  hôre.  Oh,  George  !  why  did  yon  not 
létmedier* 

tte  drew  her  to  him  ao^L^ed  the  pale  lips  with  a  far- 
Tentkiss.  - 

"That  m  w,hy^  my  darling-J    BecaoBe  I  loye  «w  r  be-w 
cause  I  caQ9<»t  live  witbonfe  yon.    R»rget  im»  haroh 
words  6t  mine,  my  "lovô:    I  was'beside  myself  when  I 
spoke  thiem — and  don'fc  agitate yourself  now  ï"  ' 

She  still  sat  and  gaaed  at  him,  ^er^eyes  wîld,  her  face 
ittcredaloas.  . 

"  And  after  ail— i^ir  thât  nîffht— -aher  what  I  ha»© 
don»~-yoacan  atill  lové  me,  stfll.forgive  me?    Say  ifc 
_again,  George  t    I  oan't  believe  it—I  ean*t  realise  itl 
Sayita^jaint"  .<      ' 

^<  Agaifi  and  again,%tid  ten  thonsand  iimes  again,  my 
owti  dear  wife— my  poor,  tortured,.  half-màddened  girll 
I  forffive  you  ;  I  lofe  you~>I  never  knew  how  dêariy  nntp 
teow  r  ,1  Know  àll,  Magdalen«U'h<nr  you  strove  to  save  n« 
at  the  laàt  I  kûow  the  expOsure^waa  Willie's  doing,  not 
yonrs.  And, Philip  deserved  it.  He  owned  it  himsell 
«nd  died  knewing  nia  sentence  to  be  jnst/' 

"Aûdheiadead?" 

"Dead,  and  foreiren,  iNi  ns  hope.\  0ied  with  bis  wife 
beside  him,  thankinl  to  bave  her  there.  And  I  hâve  coma 
"hère,  never  to  leare  you  again,  my  dariing— nerer  to  let 
ai^hîng  come  between  ns  more.''       ^ 

She  covered  her  eyes  with  onewasted  hand,  her  heart 
too  foill  for  words.  She  had  not  deserTed^  sndi  meroy  ak 
this.  ,  ♦  . 

" And  Fanny  ? "sbe  wbrapered after  a  pause. 

"  Fanny  is  in  New  Yoïjk  with  the  Xoœpkiw  family. 
Bhe  wonTbreak-bi>r  heart,^  beliôve  me  If!  GeoiaEaangBeFeâ^- 
lather  cynlôalty. 

"And  AuntLydiaP»* 

"Bearsit  as  sbe.has  borne  ail  the  sotrows  of  her  life, 
sobly.  Caroline  is  with  her—will  never  leave  hernov. 
and'when  you  are  niffloienjbly  restored  toleal 


♦  <»  «  *  *  « 


t»!Mr-;?h: 


flieîtionf  pi — '" 
Thôyfiid' 

"  "»ii«idJ|«uirîlnilj 


Itl^ 


,  /^'^sp;  ■i*^"-  ■ 


jBt 


ififéMact,    ton 


snd<  wttktiB  and  |Mi  î^  «| 
biaiHdNvieB  on  ih^  hoAé  il 

'^moiatfd,»    If». 
"IKclM»dis "  r 

"Oh,  Mr.  îiiwiwMiis,  of  côniie.'^  yaiway  lœawwlïiL 

4m  Um  m*  '  Ira  vety  kii|é.«^^pUite  «ftj  jpn  t<i  ir^  î»  ti^^ 
.V  H^me wîHi  yoii,  bm^» twàipit  ^r  ^r«oeïétii«rwiwtfr 


ai 


■*:>*"!*IA 


p^^lÉi  te«  Jh9r  laia,  thii.    I  IfSfoà't  ^mméâ.  éèW 


i  |I9  two  agiûii  ?  "^  -^         -" 

#«i  iMf  éterot  «91  •vvr  pMl  lipr  tfom.  hm  < 

..^_.  ***"'  '*'""^  -wél* 


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MTh«Artiati»Xioîr«. 

Mïh«6rid»'g  lrM«L-8M|iMl«ci**VlM 
as  Tt»  rort^ue  ilmiini. 

ni3ift  Mmam  mdow.    iwmI  t» 


IsctiaMitioa. 

tAMMor. 


U»  «lia  BiW*  «IXInM  V 
Itt  Tli»  HT  " 


HUMM««Bd. 


w  Qf  «h*  aboTO  boolCB  ivUlbèMiilby  andl, 
Teoelptbfprioe,  dll  Cento  Batili.   A^Ati* 

"J^^  yUBHRAI^  BÔ03ÊC  OTttPAlèr, 


IQMtft 


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INCOIjORS. 

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IN  GOLQEt^ 
mon  ORIGINAI, 

painting 
byhudscïn; 

>  '  ■  ■■ 

«•HBLBN'S  BABIBS'  la  ùui^ 
UiuiMyotbertMok  extaiit.ai)d  at 

,t|xOilMcan».  oittieiiwd,"  ^^^ 

Abo  the  oïlia' PqgÉar  and  Amoting  Stoiy, 

MRS.  MAVBURN'S  TWINS 

BT  THB  SAMB  AUTHOR. 

Bpth  CkMnj^te  jn  One  V<iltn^ 

'  Fltalted  cria  fine  White  I^  F«^Mr.  imâ  Brà^ 
Vdhini   Cloth.     Suunped  in  tbtee  Co1<n:s.      tUitted 
Wrapi>ers.  - 

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ii. '^'Alifc  àfAMtll Aanrtra. 
im<|^  AT«ièo«C5y.W«i|dP<»lttw». 

iTj    A  8t(w7  «X  tiSTu^MH*  «Iota.  ^  ^ 

Om  Whm.   A  l^ù»  (ot  tM  Am«tte«B  iTar  (^1«> 

or,  Tte  A*Bbttdaapot*l>>  Kinrtrâ- 

,    ASittiMWSnnitiasinhrll  War.  , 

▲  <1Kli  «ilwTSnMdar  War. 
J!«(B.   AptoivetQteTtaMWOtHatwfbia. 

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